Loomx Sense · for Mac
Sense is the easiest, cheapest and fastest way to set up a dynamic lighting installation. It finds your Loomx Forms, maps every light into a picture of your room, and plays Looms across all of them live, as one piece.
Why dynamic light
Researchers have studied light and color for decades. One room can be lively at night, easy in a class and charged for a workout, and dynamic light lets it be all three.
Hospitality · Social energy
Color that fills the room. Energy that brings people into it.
In studies of retail spaces, added display lighting kept shoppers at displays longer and handling more items[1], and brighter light led shoppers to examine more products[2]. Color itself can shape how people feel and act[3].
Movement · Mood
From a quiet flow to a burst of energy. Let the room move with you.
Light and mood is one of the most researched links in light science[4], and a study in Science found blue backgrounds helped people on creative tasks[5]. Sense isn't a therapy device; it sets the mood.
Fitness · Focus
Give every session a setting that feels as alive as the people in it.
Light has measurable alerting effects[6]; blue-enriched white light improved self-reported alertness and concentration at work[7], and a dynamic "focus" lighting setting was linked to bigger gains in a classroom study[8].
This is not medical advice. Loomx Sense is a lighting product, not a medical device, and is not intended to diagnose, treat or prevent any condition. The studies above describe their own conditions, not Loomx products. Scene images are lighting concepts; the people in the lit scenes were added with image generation.
See the difference
Drag the slider, or use the arrow keys, to compare ordinary light with the same room in motion.
Color that fills the room. Energy that brings people into it.
Lighting concepts. The lit side also has more people in the room. Drag or use arrow keys to compare.
Our story
We created Loomx out of a passion for what lighting can do.
With over 10 years working on lighting products, designs and venues across the US, we're chosen by clients for our deep connection with them and for unlocking the full potential of their space.
We love how lighting design, color and rhythm set exactly the vibe you're after. We make it happen.
How it works
No lighting desk or programming. Sense walks you through every step and shows you exactly what your lights will do before they do it.
Plug in your lights and power the Form. On first setup it makes its own Wi-Fi network, "Loomx Node". Join it and connect the Form to your Wi-Fi.
Open Sense on your Mac. Setup finds and checks your Forms, then each one flashes so you can identify it, place it and name it.
Map on the Form, or in Sense, where every strand is drawn onto a picture of your room. Select and group lights, and adjust anything by hand.
AI mapping from photos: coming soonPick a Loom from your library, or describe a look in words and generate one with AI. Go Live and the room matches the preview on screen.
In Sense: Find → Check → Identify → Place → Name → Done, then Mapping and Live.
Documentation
Short answers, in plain language. More detailed guides will follow as Sense moves toward release.
Every Form can run on its own or with Sense. You choose per Form, and you can hand control back and forth at any time.
The Form plays its own Looms with no computer. Control it from the Form's own page or from the Loomx phone app.
Sense streams to the Form live, so every Form in the room plays one pixel-mapped Loom together. The Form shows "Receiving data from Sense".
In Sense, choose Control with Sense on a Form. Sense takes it over and starts streaming.
Press Stop on the Form to return it to Standalone. Sense notices and offers to reconnect.
Choosing a mode during first setup is coming soon. When idle, Forms rest on a smooth, dim blue, never harsh white.
One Loomx account works across Sense, Loomx Studio, the Loomx phone app and your Forms.
Looms are saved to your account, so a Loom you make on your phone shows up in Sense's library automatically, with a thumbnail and Play button.
Sense also works without an account and keeps everything on your Mac.
Mapping tells Sense where each light sits in your room, so a Loom flows across the space the way you see it.
The main way to map. Each Form maps its own lights.
The Mapping page shows your room with every light strand drawn onto it. The color of the Loom under each light is exactly what that LED shows.
Select lights and group them so you can move and adjust them together.
Upload photos or a video of your space and let AI place your lights. Every automatic map stays fully editable by hand.
A Loom is an animated light design. Sense plays it across all your Forms at once, as one picture.
Browse your Looms with thumbnails and press Play. Looms you make on any Loomx app appear here.
Describe a look in words, like "slow ocean light, deep blue to teal", and AI generates a Loom for you.
Preview first, then go Live. Adjust speed, brightness and hue on the fly, and save scenes. What you see on screen is what the room shows.
| Computer | Mac only (tested on Apple silicon). No Windows version. |
|---|---|
| macOS version | [CONFIRM: minimum macOS] |
| Loomx Forms | Form VX4 and Form VX8 (ESP32-based LED controllers) |
| Max pixels per Form | VX4 [CONFIRM] VX8 [CONFIRM] |
| LEDs | Addressable LED strands (tested with WS281x) |
| Protocols | sACN (E1.31) and Art-Net over your network. Sense also finds stock WLED devices. |
| Network | Your Mac and Forms must be on the same local network. |
| Availability | Sense is not publicly available yet. Get notified when it is. |
No. A Form can run Standalone and play its own Looms. Sense is how you connect several Forms, map them into one room and play Looms across all of them live.
Not today. Sense is a Mac app, tested on Apple silicon.
No. Sense works without one and keeps everything on your Mac. With an account, your Looms sync across Sense and the Loomx apps.
Sense drives Loomx Forms and can find stock WLED devices on your network. It sends sACN (E1.31) and Art-Net.
That's coming soon. Today you map on the Form or in Sense, and every map stays editable by hand.
Sense isn't publicly available yet. Join the waitlist and we'll let you know when it is.
Pricing
Start free with two Forms. Go Pro for commercial installs. Run Sense under your own brand with Fleet.
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