The artificial skylight that you won't believe isn't real

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Lux Magazine presents CoeLux, an artificial skylight that reproduces the look of sunlight and a blue sky inside a room. The video shows how convincing the effect is and where it could be used, such as windowless or underground spaces.

HN people point to it as the best example of artificial light that mimics natural light, and as a possible help for windowless rooms.

“If anybody wants to see a cool artificial light that mimics natural light well take a look at coelux”

10 comments from Hacker News

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@internaut2016 · in “World's Largest Solar Plant Sets Itself Ablaze Due to Misaligned Mirrors”
If anybody wants to see a cool artificial light that mimics natural light well take a look at coelux: ▶ this video It is imperfect (costs too much) but it'll give a good idea of why I think heliostat/optic cable/natural light is something more people need in their lives.
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@JoulinRouge2015 · in “He artificial skylight that you won't believe isn't real”
Submitted the video to Hacker News.
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@alexcasalboni2015 · in “The artificial skylight that you won't believe isn't real”
Submitted the video to Hacker News.
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@janfoeh2024 · in “Cruise ships chopped in half are a license to print money”
There is an Italian company called Coelux which builds something like this: ▶ this video
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@73737373732023 · in “LED lighting badly suppresses human melatonin production at night”
I'm still surprised these natural daylight lamps aren't widely commercialized yet ▶ this video
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@vincnetas2021 · in “Architect Resigns in Protest over UCSB Mega-Dorm”
Regarding windowless rooms, this could be helping a bit : ▶ this video Artificial skylight
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@amai2020 · in “Building an artificial sun that looks realistic [video]”
See link and ▶ this video .
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@amai2020 · in “Building an artificial sun that looks realistic [video]”
This is not new. See this video from 2014: ▶ this video This light is sold by link They might also hold the patents on this technology.
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@edoo2019 · in “Rooms can be as bright as the outdoors”
They are using these underground to help simulate the true daylight experience. Basically a smart led version of a traditional roof sunlight: ▶ this video
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@kirk212016 · in “CoeLux: Artificial Sunlight That’s Real Enough to Trick Your Camera and Brain”
In this video ( ▶ this video ) they talk about the usage for underground buildings. It could be for underground buildings what the lift is for high buildings (eg make it practical). This was on Product Hunt a while ago: link