A sheet of a special material that scat

A sheet of a special material that scatters blue light in the same way as the...

Tim Hutton - 2015-02-11 10:21:30+0000 - Updated: 2015-02-11 14:35:42+0000

A sheet of a special material that scatters blue light in the same way as the sky. An LED lamp 1m above it, to give a feeling of depth. With careful design it makes the illusion of a natural skylight, including a visible sun. Clever!

Edit: I had a look at the geometry. If there's nothing tricksy like a Fresnel lens or something then in some of their promotional images the lamp is much further than 1m: http://imgur.com/a/UtbxP

More info: http://luxreview.com/news/515/coelux-wows-attendees-at-luxlive

via +Roman Galashov

It looks like the sun... but it isn't. It's a brand new type of artificial skylight called CoeLux which, for the first time, recreates the scientific process...

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SgtStinger - 2015-02-11 18:43:11+0000 - Updated: 2015-02-11 18:43:22+0000

They are probably using some sort of mirroring system much like a holographic weapon sight: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holographic_weapon_sight#mediaviewer/File:Litepath.jpg

Darkenedbyshadows - 2015-02-14 18:49:27+0000

+SgtStinger i was thinking the same! Great minds :))

jon pike - 2015-02-15 11:29:37+0000

That's amazing

Gordon Jones - 2015-02-19 01:15:43+0000

"The entire setup is incredibly thin and thus easy to set flush with a wall or ceiling, forming a convincing faux sunlight or window."

SgtStinger - 2015-02-19 02:20:54+0000

What "incredibly thin" means in this context is really hard to know.

Gordon Jones - 2015-02-19 13:16:39+0000

It is not hard to know.
"thin and thus easy to set flush with a wall or ceiling".
Maybe I should quote the entire article?

Tim Hutton - 2015-02-20 20:59:10+0000

+Gordon Jones Which article are you quoting from? The one I linked doesn't contain your quote but says this: "The void height needed is a metre"

Gordon Jones - 2015-02-21 00:48:57+0000

+Tim Hutton

Hi Tim,

The article I was quoting was an Urbanist article that had this video embedded.
Perhaps the Urbanist article might not have the facts straight.

Looking at the picture in the Luxreview article you linked,
I can see 1 meter being used in that display.

In the Urbanist article there is a skylight and a wall unit with no cutout for the display.

http://weburbanist.com/2015/02/17/new-artificial-lighting-tricks-human-brain-into-seeing-sunlight/

http://weburbanist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/3-custom-types-468x546.jpg

Tim Hutton - 2015-02-23 11:12:17+0000

+Ideaworks Thanks for confirming the dimensions. Can you also confirm that it uses a lens of some sort to give the appearance of greater depth than 1m?

ChayD - 2015-04-06 23:41:26+0000

+Tim Hutton According to the patent there are two mirrors, effectively forming a folded optical path - see: http://www.google.tl/patents/US20140133125

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