Mitsubishi has created some windows or skylights capable of generating a artificial light very similar to natural light. Exactly, so that you have the feeling that you are getting sunlight even though you are working in the basement of an office building. And so you don't feel locked in.
The LED skylight that simulates sunlight
I remember a conversation in which they explained to me why most of the shopping centers built years ago hardly had any windows facing the street: to prevent the customer from having any notion of time. In other words, by depriving them of seeing if it was still daylight or if it was getting dark, the customer stayed longer and increased the probability of consumption.
The problem is that having only artificial light also generates a negative effect on workers, especially in office environments. Because it is easy that if the light is not of quality it generates a somewhat depressing space. Hence the importance of good lighting and Mitsubishi's proposal.
The manufacturer has created some LED skylights which together with its design generate a light similar to natural light. Although it has a small visual trick, which is what really allows you to obtain a greater sensation of being illuminated by sunlight.
As you can see in the video, this Mitsubishi proposal called Misola is not just another LED panel. It is embedded in a frame of about 5 cm more or less that helps to generate that feeling of a skylight through a visual trick that consists of lighting only three of the four internal faces. Thus, the one that does not turn on shows a kind of shadow effect that makes you believe that it is indeed natural light what illuminates
In addition, there are two more details that are interesting. When several of these proposals are used, they can be configured so that the shadow corresponds equally in each of them according to the position of the sun that has been set. And it can also be set so that, if desired, the color temperature varies and you can see the evolution of light during the first hours of the day and at sunset.
The big problem, facing a massive implantation, is that these artificial windows cost more than 6.000 euros for the basic model and almost 7.000 euros for the one with programmable functions with integration of automatic timers. So you will have to think about it carefully, but if you are one of those who works in interior spaces, you will surely value a proposal like this.
Other "windows" to the outside
Being aware of how complicated, if not impossible, it would be to modify the different office spaces, logic says that solutions will have to be found in technology. Hence this Mitsubishi Misola skylight. Even so, it is not the first of these proposals that seek to offer us a "window" to the outside.
Other manufacturers have launched similar proposals years ago. The big difference is in how the quality of LED panels advances in terms of light quality and control over it. But you may remember other similar products such as windows CoeLux o Philips Hue Aurelle.
Although this covers office needs can also be applied to the home. And if you are not looking for a window as such, most RGB smart lights offer, through their apps, the possibility of Set your light to simulate a sunrise, sunset, or even daylight.