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

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What it is

A short look at CoeLux, an artificial skylight that recreates the scattering process that makes the sky look blue, producing a convincing illusion of distant sun and depth.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN points to it as a demonstration of artificial daylight, especially for windowless or underground rooms, and to date the technology to 2014.

  • 1 people recommended it
  • 1 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2016, last 2020

What HN commenters said

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

    Shows a cool artificial light that mimics natural light well.

    internaut, 2016-05 · Recommendation · in “World's Largest Solar Plant Sets Itself Ablaze Due to Misaligned Mirrors”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: coelux, skylight, rayleigh scattering, architectural lighting, led

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