I hope I understand it correctly.
It seems like you were confusing glow/bloom with volumes/a god-ray-effect.
In the Octane scene, there was certainly a volume material (medium->scattering medium, phase ca. +0,6, rest except for transmission unchecked, ior 1)
applied to either the environment or to a box in the room.
You need to basically do the same.
Short: add a box in that room, apply a corona volume material, set the phase and scattering colors. Play with it until you're happy.
Here are some tutorials for corona about volumes. It is in MAX but the same principles and values apply here too.
edit: I made a small example using just sunlight(which might not be ideal but it's good for showing purposes)