Most people are aware of the adverse effects of living in compact urban habitats detached from natural surroundings. The lack of natural sunlight inside our homes negatively impacts our health, an issue that is not yet addressed justly.

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To bring back a bit of nature into our living spaces, Alight was designed by Zsófi Ujhelyi to mimic natural sunlight shimmering through a window and onto the digital wall of the Samsung QLED TV.

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Thus, Alight targets an audience that lacks natural sunlight in their indoor spaces, either due to their geographical location (Northern countries) or their housing situation (e.g., very dense urban living areas, small windows).

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Alight's program automatically synchronizes the projection of light to the user’s local time zone to virtually follow the real Sun’s movement—including sunset and sunrise. It can also be manually synchronized to any other time zone, helping users cope with seasonal affective disorder. Moreover, the light reflections playfully interact with the users walking by, projecting only when the TV senses movement in the space.

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The design can be customized to a selection of different window or shutter shapes, and the direction of the light source can also be adjusted to match any indoor space correctly.