@claybavor
Have you considered a CGI approach where you model the sun's position?
If you completely relied upon a virtual skylight for light, then I wonder if you'd experience time dilation effects. Listen to this interview for why I think that you might:
@claybavor
I love this! Especially the rain drops.
Emirates has done something similar with fake windows, but I'm skeptical on how the lack of paralax feels.
@claybavor
My suggestions to add: Northern lights and a starry sky like in Disney Moana when the boats set to explore the ocean.It is incredible how the white of the room creates the reflections in the environment. We could use similar idea to make a room as a plane or a boat using windows
@claybavor
You mention the parallax as an issue :) with something like a Kinect you could track the users head and displace the video accordingly like this