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SKY FACTO RY S ky Factory, a global fine arts and technology company, creates biophilic illusions of nature, ™ including the award-winning Luminous SkyCeilings, ™ Luminous Virtual Windows, and the more advanced ™ ™ Digital Cinema displays—SkyV, ēScape, and ēSea. ™ ™ hese sophisticated nature display systems trigger genuine relaxation responses for mind and body— promoting psycho-physiological restoration, well-being, and better cognitive functioning. unique fusion of art and technology, these virtual skylights and windows dramatically enhance the sense of openness and connection to nature in...

Luminous SkyCeilings How Luminous SkyCeilings Work ky Factory Luminous SkyCeilings—virtual skylights—faithfully reproduce the subtle visual stimuli of real sky. As unique biophilic design elements, SkyCeilings enliven the innate human connection to nature and promote the healing relaxation responses of comfort, inner stability, and vitality. Sky Factory’s Open Skies Image Technology™ deepens biophilic engagement and dramatically transforms even the largest interiors into more natural-feeling spaces. The company’s award-winning illusions of nature™ are unsurpassed in quality, engineering, and...

Revelation SkyCeiling How Revelation SkyCeilings Work TM ky Factory’s new Revelation SkyCeiling, with its large, self-supporting gridwork, provides the most engaging biophilic illusion-of-sky available—transforming the larger rooms and higher ceilings found in deep-plan enclosed interiors into beautiful, healthier, and more restorative environments. The enhanced dimensions and angled profile of the Revelation SkyCeiling make it an ideal architectural feature for the higher ceilings found in most commercial, corporate, and public spaces. In ceilings greater than 9 feet in height, the Revelation...

oined by Erich Fromm in 1964 to describe a psychological orientation toward living systems, “biophilia” defines our connection to the natural world. Humanity’s innate, genetic-based need to affiliate with nature and other living organisms was first proposed by Harvard biologist Edward O. Wilson in his book, Biophilia (1984). Wilson argued that experiencing diverse natural environments and climates strengthens and nurtures our psycho-physiological well-being. Bringing together experts from every field, Biophilic Design recognizes the critical impact of nature on human health, performance, and...

S cientific Re se arch on Sk y Fac tory Produc ts n 2012, Texas Tech University partnered with Sky Factory to research the effects of the company’s photographic open sky compositions. The study, Neural Correlates of Nature Stimuli: An fMRI Study, generated brain maps of the neural pathways and regions associated with subjects’ perception of open sky photography and compared those results with the mapped responses of the subjects viewing positive, negative, or neutral imagery. ky Factory’s illusions of nature™ emerge at the nexus of digital technology and fine art, cognitive science and ageold...

Luminous Virtual Windows Digital Cinema Illusions of Nature ky Factory’s Luminous Virtual Windows transform enclosed interiors into more spacious-feeling and memorable environments with photographic illusions of wild vistas in a window-like frame. Luminous Virtual Windows can be arranged in multiples, which trigger binocular vision and deepen the illusion of space and panorama. A long horizontal clerestory Luminous Virtual Window on top of the arrangement will enhance the overall effect. Luminous Virtual Window Image, Motion, and S ound—An Immer sive Biophilic Experience ky Factory’s Digital...

Digital Cinema Virtual Window ky Factory ēScape is a digital virtual window that brings the dynamic beauty of nature—realtime moving images and sound—to interior environments. A hightech illusion, ēScape features a wall-mounted professional-grade LED edge-lit HD LCD screen embedded in a full-size casement window. Sky Factory utilizes the most advanced RED Digital Cinema camera to capture hours of proprietary UltraHD nature content. Fe ature s • Hours-long, unedited, real- More than an Aquarium: A Digital Cinema Underwater Experience TM ky Factory’s ēSea is a digital cinema window designed to...

Enhancing the Patient Experience Contact The Sky Factory We’re Here to Help. Our Sky Designers are here every step of the way to answer questions, provide design and installation recommendations, support you in technical matters, and guide you in image selection and modification. We provide quick, free written quotes. Visit Us Online. See photographs of our installations, learn more about biophilia, read groundbreaking research, and peruse our images of undisturbed nature on our continually updated online image library. w w w.Sk yFa c to r y.co m Visualize Our Products in your Space. Our design...

O pen S ki es I mag e Tec h n o logy ™ is the ar tistic tool used by Sky Factory ar tists to create images that consistently deliver an experience of vastness and thereby trigger the “relaxation response” in observers. Unlike other nature images, this technology elicits a specific psycho-physiological response by engaging the areas of the brain involved in spatial cognition. The Sky Factory, LC 801 North 18th Street PO Box 1177 Fairfield, Iowa 52556 866.759.3228 641.472.1747 [email protected] www.SkyFactory.