Modern buildings are becoming increasingly complex and losing connection with the outside world, from closed windows to year-round air conditioning.
Attention is being paid to bringing the outdoors indoors, influencing healthier living in a generation that spends most of their time indoors.
Skylights and skylight company Velux is now using VR technology to communicate how skylights and lighting transform a home.
Australia’s first VR skylight experience showroom recently launched at 78 Henderson Rd, Alexandria and allows homeowners to walk through the physical space while it is covered in one of four different virtual environments.
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A new Velux showroom shows how skylights bring in natural light and fresh air
Users will see modern industrial, coastal, Mediterranean and farmhouse interiors in the headset
The headset shows how skylights reshape rooms through natural light and fresh air.
In the VR headset, users will see the furniture, fixtures and finishes change in four styles to reflect Modern Industrial, Coastal, Mediterranean and Farmhouse interior styles.
The technology offers the opportunity to see how daylight changes shape, color and atmosphere through connection with the outdoors, including the coastal atmosphere of waves crashing on birds flying above.
Natural light and clean air for healthy buildings is something the company focuses on.
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In the VR headset, visitors see how skylights transform a room with natural light and air
Velux Executive Vice President, North America, Europe and APAC Anders Dam Vestergaard said people spend about 90 percent of their time indoors, often losing our connection with nature and the outdoors.
“On a larger scale, it’s not about the humanity of it,” he said.
“We spend more or less our entire working day indoors and then drive home. We go from the car to home. We have become the indoor generation.”
Modern lifestyle influences buildings as an important asset for health.
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Anders Dam Verstergaard said skylights or skylights are an important element associated with outdoor living
Mr Dam Vestergaard said skylights or skylights are an important element, along with design, materials, biophilic design and access to the outdoors.
“A skylight is a vertical boundary of ambition, you start looking up,” he said.
“Looking up – it arouses curiosity, it inspires growth.
“Most homeowners and people find it very difficult to understand what daylight through your roof can do to your home.
“We believe that seeing and experiencing with a VR headset is closer to real life and once you see it, it is very difficult not to see your house with skylights.”
There are also ambitions that this technology will develop for access at home.
“I would love to have the same experience on a mobile phone, if as a homeowner you could take a picture of your roof as a family and immediately get a render with skylights in it,” said Dam Vestergaard.
“If they want a better experience, they can come to our showroom for a VR experience.”
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The showroom offers the opportunity to see how the connection with the outdoors transforms rooms
In Australia, global shifts in the construction industry are colliding with local pressures from higher density housing, tighter building envelopes, rising energy costs and increasing attention to indoor environmental quality.
As buildings become more efficient, the way daylight and ventilation are delivered becomes a critical design and compliance consideration, not an optional extra.
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