StarEFX™ · Fibre Optic Ceiling
Fibre Optic Feature Ceiling Panel
Pixel-mapped LED matrix technology drives each fibre point individually — enabling dynamic colour patterns, wave animations, sequential effects, and immersive visual displays across an entire ceiling plane.
Beyond static lighting
A programmable ceiling canvas
StarEFX MATRIX is a fibre optic ceiling panel featuring pixel-mapped LED matrix technology. Unlike conventional star ceiling systems where all fibres glow uniformly, MATRIX drives each fibre point individually through a pixel-mapped engine — enabling dynamic colour patterns, wave animations, sequential effects, and immersive visual displays across the entire ceiling plane.
Designed for architects and specifiers who want the ceiling to be an active design element, not passive background lighting.
How it works
Individually addressed. Seamlessly tiled.
Each panel contains a grid of individually addressable RGB-driven fibre optic points, controlled through a pixel-mapping engine that maps visual patterns across the full array. Multiple panels tile together seamlessly, allowing large ceiling installations to run coordinated animations as a single unified canvas.
Panels connect via Wi-Fi or wired LAN and integrate with the LightEFX Human Centric Ecosystem for synchronised operation alongside tuneable white downlights, perimeter cornice lighting, and the Altair suspended panels.
Key capabilities
Pixel-mapped addressing
Each fibre point is independently controlled for pattern and colour — no two points need to behave the same way simultaneously.
Dynamic animations
Wave, ripple, chase, gradient wash, colour shift, and custom scene programming across the entire ceiling array.
Multi-panel coordination
Seamless tiling across large ceiling areas with unified animation mapping for installations of any scale.
Ecosystem integrated
Synchronises with PULSE panels, downlights, cornices, and skirtings via the LightEFX hub. Wi-Fi or wired LAN connectivity.
MATRIX vs PULSE — choosing the right panel
StarEFX™ PULSE
Calm, ambient shimmer
Ideal for healthcare, de-escalation, rest environments, and spaces where subtle atmosphere and acoustic performance matter.
StarEFX™ MATRIX
Dynamic, visual impact
Ideal for hospitality, commercial, entertainment, and high-engagement brand environments where the ceiling is an active feature.
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Both panels integrate into the same LightEFX Ecosystem and can be used together within a single installation.
Applications
Specified for spaces where the ceiling is intended to be a dynamic, immersive feature.
Hospitality
Hotel lobbies, bars, restaurants, event spaces, ballrooms.
Retail & Commercial
Brand-driven environments, showrooms, flagship stores.
Entertainment
Cinemas, theatres, gaming lounges, immersive experiences.
Healthcare & Wellbeing
Sensory rooms, MRI waiting areas, paediatric spaces needing visual engagement.
Corporate
Feature boardrooms, reception areas, branded environments.
Education
Sensory spaces, science and technology learning environments.
Human Centric Ecosystem
Part of something bigger
MATRIX integrates with StarEFX PULSE panels, the Altair suspended acoustic lighting panel, RGBCCT Downlights, EdgeLine Cornices, EdgeLine Skirtings, RGBCW LED strips, and the DeskLight task lamp — all synchronised through a central touchscreen hub for coordinated scene control.