Posted on 12/10/2023 6:08:38 AM PST by Jonty30
I'm just wondering. With cameras getting to be on par with the human eye, why do I need a point of vulnerability to get into my home like a big picture window or bay windows, when I just put a camera in the most optimized location in the front and just shine its image on a blank wall?
Windows permit light to enter living spaces.
This brings to mind the story of the man who ran out of cheese to put in his mousetrap.
One night, he cut out of a magazine a photo of a piece of cheese and put it in the trap.
The next morning, he found the trap sprung on a photo of a mouse.
Notwithstanding any issues with building codes, deed covenants or HOAs, do what you want. One would suggest that you consider the long-term issue of salability though.
Drive thru northern Virginia - HUGE data storage buildings are going up with no windows all over. They’re even tearing down the AOL campus built in the 90’s - something of an Icon building complex that supported the internet revolution. I’d like to know how many of those buildings the CIA leases.
It makes sense for earth sheltered dwellings, interior rooms, underground shelters.
You could switch scenes to any place on earth with a camera, or insert video of your choosing.
You could go all Ray Bradbury if you want (unless the HOA has other opinions) but then you only get the IMAGE of what’s outside. Not the warmth, the vitamin D. Also you can’t open the image to get some fresh air.
minimum total window size per room sizemight be dictated by local building code.
also, lack of a picture window might (probably does for most people) affect livability/comfort, and also resale value if the home is built in the USA or Canada.
Maybe look into shutters if you are worried about zombie invasions.
(I am not an expert... in anything...)
If it’s facing west be sure to have plenty of spf 50 around!
lol
You don’t want to live in a bunker
Big windows are essential to letting in natural light. It’s truly the best.
Trust me
My understanding of the building codes is that every room needs an egress for safety reasons. With most living rooms being beside the front door, I think regulation is met.
It’s really more of a question of curiosity than anything else.
I suppose blinds are out of the question?
That’s where you could have either a reflective tubing through the roof or a sky window.
Why not? Many houses, including ours in Phoenix which faces south, only have small bedroom windows facing the street. Of course, the large rear sliding doors are susceptible to drones and and satellites if we draw the blinds.
Even in the cooler northeast, many older houses have no picture window, as they became a “thing” on the ranch houses in the ‘50s.
In newer developments, many houses are dominated by a garage that blocks the front of the house.
Movie screens.
Perhaps you should live in a cave.
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Personally I doubt many burglars enter home from the front picture window. I would think side or back windows or even the patio door would be the easiest means of entering a house.
Double pane windows with low e
This will prevent most of uv light helping save your furniture from discolouring
What do “movie screens” have to do with it?
When you say “camera” in your original post, did you mean “projector?”
A camera outside and its image shining on the wall, where the picture window would be.
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