LightSense

Engineers train their ears; lighting designers learn only by doing shows. LightSense is planned as the equivalent of ear training for the eye: a browser training platform where you learn to read light, on the same engine and the same account as SoundSense.

Who it is intended for

• Lighting designers and operators sharpening colour and intensity judgement between shows.
• Lighting students who want structured, measurable practice.
• Theatre, concert and broadcast lighting people building a precise colour-temperature and hue vocabulary.

What it is intended to do

• Colour — hue. Name or match a colour within a tolerance.
• Colour — temperature. Estimate Kelvin; tungsten against LED against arc.
• Intensity. Estimate the percentage.
• Beam position — angle, focus point, coverage — and movement: pan, tilt, speed, direction.
• Scoring by proximity, not just right or wrong — the tolerance-based model SoundSense already uses — with per-module mastery, streaks, ranks and a reference library that explains what you missed.

Honest limits

Visual training depends on the display it runs on; colour accuracy varies widely between screens. How that is handled — calibration guidance, relative comparisons rather than absolute naming — is part of the design work still to do.