This is cool

[Syclone1]

At first due to the simplicity of the rooms I thought they were pimping a new render engine but was seriously surprised to see it was an actual light!!

http://architizer.com/blog/let-there-be-light-coelux/

-dave

[vlado]

I'm pretty sure some of those are renders...

Best regards,
Vlado

[^Lele^]

Actually, no.
https://youtu.be/aJ4TJ4-kkDw

The video shows people walking in and out of the light.
It really looks this good, and i can't wait to go see them as soon as they showcase anywhere around here...

[vlado]

The video shows people walking in and out of the light.

I didn't say that *everything* is rendered

Best regards,
Vlado

[dlparisi]

Is the sun angle adjustable or is it always fixed at that angle? It looks very cool in the images and video but I can't help thinking that it after about a day i'd be annoyed with a permanent hotspot on the wall and the associated glare. That's why people invented shades!

[cheerioboy]

Is the sun angle adjustable or is it always fixed at that angle? It looks very cool in the images and video but I can't help thinking that it after about a day i'd be annoyed with a permanent hotspot on the wall and the associated glare. That's why people invented shades!

Here's a spec sheet, http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/104...44782056675942
My guess is that it doesn't move. Also isn't dimmable.

I love the concept though -

[dlparisi]

Here's a spec sheet, http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/104...44782056675942
My guess is that it doesn't move. Also isn't dimmable.

I love the concept though -

Thanks. That thing is gigantic! The way they use it in the MRI room is a good use for it as most people will not be in that space very often.

[Morbid Angel]

I love the photos mimicking cg tests that we all did at some point in our careers. If only a renderer could render like that out of the box

[Syclone1]

I think it would be cool if the light could pan across the skylight to simulate a specific time of day, thinking like moving the V-Ray sun off the horizon to get the required light temp and intensity .

[chadstevens]

An alternative is a huge tv with a vray sun and sky rendered across it

[bardo]

I've seen it two years ago in Milan at design fair "salone del mobile" in the Boffi booth for "Fuorisalone" (also the last edition have it somewhere during the fair).

It's quite impressive the quality of the light and it's really realistic.


The worst part of that project is actually the dimensions... the height is really too much for the main standard architectural applications..

I'm quite sure that in a short future, due the development of the technology, we'll see more and more of this lamps...

[^Lele^]

I didn't say that *everything* is rendered

Ahah, i think i was too quick on the trigger: "I shalt defend these compatriot's honour!" ^^

[Syclone1]

I was wondering on the height issue, where I live anyway if they cant get it under about 12" to 18" in height then its useless for basements and I imagine only work for upper floors where it can protrude in to the attic where there is usually much more room.

I've seen it two years ago in Milan at design fair "salone del mobile" in the Boffi booth for "Fuorisalone" (also the last edition have it somewhere during the fair).

It's quite impressive the quality of the light and it's really realistic.


The worst part of that project is actually the dimensions... the height is really too much for the main standard architectural applications..

I'm quite sure that in a short future, due the development of the technology, we'll see more and more of this lamps...

[^Lele^]

They seemingly replicate light scattering, forcing what happens over KMs of atmosphere to happen within a shorter traversal of the medium they created.
It will surely come down in size over iterations, one would think, but i fear there may be a physical limit to how much they can shrink it: at some point, the shrunk material will either be too small for the light wavelength it's meant to scatter (in terms of size of the nanoparticles), or too little to traverse to get a decent effect (if they just thin the layer).

I'd love to know more of the implementation, but i fear short of getting hired as scientist, or torturing one of theirs, i won't. ^^

[Nicinus]

The thing that struck me is that most of those videos and articles are from 2014?