Otaniemi Virtual Lighting Designer

This virtual lighting designer project was commissioned by the city of Espoo and Aalto University with the express purpose of combining digital models of the city, especially the area of the future university campus, into the lighting design process. We achieved this by taking advantage of the Unity engine's lighting functions, involving the direct use of IES files to produce physically correct results, as well as the calculation of energy use and photometric light emissions.
Real-life examples:

• Creating and modifying different street lighting designs in real-time
• Presenting and assessing different lighting designs
• Calculating and comparing energy consumptions for different lighting solutions