Earn $25 as a participant in our study on lighting perception!

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Earn $25 as a participant in our study on lighting perception!

The University of Oregon Baker Lighting Lab is currently seeking subjects for a research study on lighting perception which compares physical spaces to immersive photographs displayed on various digital devices, including VR. The total time commitment will be about 30 minutes and will require the participant to sign up for and attend a single session. Compensation of $25 will be distributed at the time of the participant session. Participation is entirely voluntary.

Location:  University of Oregon, Eugene campus

Eligibility: Age 18+, English Fluency Required

Disqualifying Conditions: Visual impairment (partial or full blindness) or Pre-existing binocular vision abnormalities

Potentially Disqualifying Conditions: Psychiatric Disorders, Heart Conditions, or Other Serious Medical Conditions

Potential Risks: The physiological and psychological risks associated with this experiment are determined as minimal. All experimental conditions that participants would be exposed to could be experienced in a classroom setting under commercially available lighting products or on a commercially available display device. Participants might feel slight visual discomfort according to lighting preferences, glare levels, and luminance levels presented by the displays. While very rare, some people may experience seizures while wearing a Virtual Reality Headset.  If you are assigned to the VR group and have any of the potentially disqualifying conditions, you may be dismissed from the experiment or reassigned to a different group.

Confidentiality: Your identity will be kept strictly confidential and will only be used for scheduling and informed consent purposes. Your identity will not be stored in the dataset and will not be revealed in any published information produced by the experiment.

If you are interested in participating in this study, please fill your name out in the following Doodle link.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact: srockcas@uoregon.edu

This work is funded by the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.

Baker Lighting Lab secures grant from PNNL to study Virtual Lighting Perception

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Baker Lighting Lab secures grant from PNNL to study Virtual Lighting Perception

Baker Lighting Lab, under the supervision of Assistant Professor Siobhan Rockcastle, has secured a grant from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) to study the perceptual accuracy of solid state lighting in an array of virtual displays, including HDR and VR screens.  This research will include a pilot study on the U of O campus this summer.  Please contact us if you’re interested in learning more about this project.

Paper on occupant-centric daylight analytics accepted to Building Simulation 2019 in Rome

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Paper on occupant-centric daylight analytics accepted to Building Simulation 2019 in Rome

A peer-reviewed paper, titled “The case for occupant-centric daylight analytics: a comparison of horizontal illumination and immersive view” had been accepted to the proceedings for Building Simulation 2019 in Rome.  Siobhan Rockcastle co-authored this paper with Marilyne Andersen from the EPFL in Switzerland and Maria Amundadottir from OCULIGHT analytics in Iceland.

Siobhan Rockcastle provides the opening address at SimAUD 2019

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Siobhan Rockcastle provides the opening address at SimAUD 2019

As General Chair of SimAUD 2019, Dr. Siobhan Rockcastle worked with Dr. Tarek Rakha, Program Chair to organize the 10th anniversary of SimAUD in Atlanta, Georgia.  Working with our Scientific Chairs, Dr. Tea Zakula, Dr. Dimitris Papanikolaou, and Dr. Carlos Davila, the organizing team welcomed over 40 authors from 18 countries who presented original peer-reviewed research papers.  Kicking off the symposium with a welcome address, Siobhan recapped 10-years of SimAUD and the growing impacts of this community on simulation in architecture and urban design.  To read the proceedings, please visit the SimAUD site and download here.

Siobhan Rockcastle & Kevin Van Den Wymelenberg present at Oregon Health & Science University

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Siobhan Rockcastle & Kevin Van Den Wymelenberg present at Oregon Health & Science University

Dr. Siobhan Rockcastle and Dr. Kevin Van Den Wymelenberg were invited to Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) on Wednesday, Dec 5th to present IHBE’s research on ‘Designing Health in the Built Environment.’  Attended by medical researchers in sleep medicine and occupational health, UO faculty are working to set-up ongoing collaborations with scientists doing clinical and preventative research on the effects of indoor environments on human health.

Student work from ‘A Celebration of Light’

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Student work from ‘A Celebration of Light’

This past weekend, Professor Siobhan Rockcastle and James Carpenter from JCDA led a 3-day workshop exploring the effects of daylight on perception.  Students in the School of Architecture & Environment captured instances of light phenomena and then produced physical constructs through which they attempted to re-create the perceptual effect.  Explorations included a study of color, reflectivity, projected light, transposed light, and caustic dynamics.  Funding for this workshop was provided by the Edward Allen Fund for Technical Teaching.

 

James Carpenter lecture | 10.19 | 5:30 pm

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James Carpenter lecture | 10.19 | 5:30 pm

Join us on Friday, October 19 at 5:30pm in LA 206.

James Carpenter has worked at the intersection of architecture, fine art, and engineering for nearly 50 years, advancing a distinctive vision based on the use of natural light as the foundational element of the built environment. Originally studying architecture before concentrating on the fine arts, Carpenter founded the cross-disciplinary design firm James Carpenter Design Associates in 1979 to support the application of these aesthetic principles to large-scale architectural projects. Carpenter’s work is driven by a deep awareness of materiality and craft as a means of enhancing the individual human experience within the built environment.

Carpenter has been recognized with numerous national and international awards, including an Academy Award in Architecture from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the MacArthur Foundation Fellowship and the Smithsonian National Environment Design Award. He holds a degree from the Rhode Island School of Design, and was a Loeb Fellow of Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design and a Mellon Teaching Fellow at the University of Chicago.