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My startup has been working on a virtual skylight that produces a pretty good proxy for feeling like you are outside in the sun even if you are underground. Th
by jclarkcom 7y ago
My startup has been working on a virtual skylight that produces a pretty good proxy for feeling like you are outside in the sun even if you are underground. The key invention is in collimating a large area light source so it travels in a straight line and appears to be miles away. We will be showing it at a conference in Philadelphia next week if anyone is interested.
Https://Innerscene.com/products
- iknowstuff 7y agoWhat is the price range?
- jclarkcom 7y agoIn some areas we sell through Lighting Agencies, Distributors, and contractors who will set their own prices and markups. If you let me know where you are located, I can give you a number - but as rough guide, in the USA it is somewhere around $15-$20k for a 40x20 inch unit. We will be announcing a new version next week.
- koala_man 7y ago> $15-$20k I was excited for a while there, but I guess I'll continue on my path to becoming Gollum
- nitrogen 7y agoHow much traditional lighting could that 40x20 panel replace, and what is the expected lifespan? (Also is the spectrum close to a true black body?)
- bitcurious 7y agoIf you get this down to around $5k I bet you'd have a much larger market of apartment dwellers such as myself. Any hope of getting there in the next few years?
- Darthy 7y agoInteresting. How do you differentiate yourself from CoeLux, which has been doing a very similar thing for a few years now?
- jclarkcom 7y agoCoelux has a nice product, compared to it ours takes up 14 times less space in the ceiling for the same viewable area, the sun is at true infinity so you can create arrays where the sun seamlessly follows you as you walk around, it has dynamic spectrum and dimmable, price is half, weighs ~10X times less so structural install shipping is easier/cheaper, more energy efficient, programmable, just to name a few...
- Darthy 7y agoI haven't seen either product in person, but from looking at youtube videos of both, it seems like CoeLux has a clearly defined, properly round sun, while with your product, the sun looks fuzzy and cross-shaped, like viewed through a diffraction grating [1]. Am I correct in this characterization? [0] https://youtu.be/EM8psaLBsr8?t=112 https://youtu.be/EM8psaLBsr8?t=112 [1] https://youtu.be/_GYpxeum12U?t=138 https://youtu.be/_GYpxeum12U?t=138
- jclarkcom 7y agoGood observation. That is an older video from a prototype - take a look at this: https://www.dropbox.com/s/7dwa7mj39rpely6/facia%20and%20mullion.mp4?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/s/7dwa7mj39rpely6/facia%20and%20mull... I'd say they are pretty similar, Coelux may be slightly less diffusive but it's beam divergence angle is pretty high so it doesn't hold up for very much distance compared to ours - you can see it spreads out into a non-rectangular shape on the wall.
- Darthy 7y agoFascinating. Is it correct that with both implementations, you cannot move the virtual sun around - it's always shining from the exact same angle?
- localhostdotdev 7y agowow that's quite amazing! could be worth it even at 10k+ here is a direct link so people don't have to copy/paste https://innerscene.com/products https://innerscene.com/products