Wave Atlas
![Wave Atlas](http://marpi.frb.io/images/2/a/5/7/7/2a577e4e027cdffef81722f04e1906a2bbecdd59-hires-communityday2019-73.jpg)
Wave Atlas is a water world teeming with artificial digital life, which users simultaneously create and discover. The more users who interact, the richer and more complex this ecology grows.
Using pinch-and-drag hand gestures tracked via Leap Motion sensors or triggers and movements via HTC Vive controllers, users create segmented swimmers that they can set free in a virtual ocean expanse. Once released, the creatures play and interact, glittering sculptures in a digital current.
![Wave Atlas](http://marpi.frb.io/images/7/a/f/8/6/7af8656e5c329b65d7c24e9757e1d1e30273788f-hires-communityday2019-10.jpg)
The creatures of Wave Atlas are inspired by nudibranchs and leafy seadragons, marine animals with arresting color patterns and an astonishing array of forms.
![Wave Atlas](http://marpi.frb.io/images/c/0/f/5/a/c0f5a51d899b9b2fd94de01305c37f48a2363b5c-dsc02469.jpg)
Wave Atlas is on exhibit since June 2019. This work was originally created for The Tech Interactive in San Jose, CA with funding from the Knight Foundation