A world of digital creatures
Microworld is filled with digital creatures. Over the years, we have created many different creatures to choose from and we are developing new ones all the time. For your Microworld, we will select creatures in response to your space, your themes and your audience. Different creatures use different interaction techniques — from full-body interaction to touchscreen interfaces. Some creatures respond quickly; others take their time — just like in nature, there are varying levels of interactivity. We can tailor the show to your needs.
Here are some of our favourite creatures.
Squidlets
Use the touchscreen to add your face to a weird little hand creature, then watch it join a sea of Squidlets, searching for food and competing for survival.
Multiple
Multiply yourself across the screen in organic patterns inspired by plant growth, weather cycles and cell division. When the audience leaves animals continue the dance.
Animats
Build your own animal-robot using a touch screen interface. Combine animating body parts to define its movements and then release it into the Microworld and see where it goes.
Cockatoo Squid
A musical companion. Make some noise and the Cockatoo will respond in playful, digital song. This piece is inspired by strange but real sea-life.
Globster
Become a playmate for this squishable, squashable little alien. If you interact carefully it is possible to be hugged by the Globster.
Tangled Bank
Become a swarm of aphids, munching through the endless tangled bank. However much plant life you remove, nature triumphs in an endlessly regenerating world.
SEED
Use the touch screen to draw shapes and choose the rules in this Cellular Automata program. Small changes can have huge ripple effects as growth patterns spread across the screen.
The Mesh
Enter the underground world of fungus and mushrooms. A sensor transforms your silhouette into a living mycelium mesh, seeking new pathways for nourishment. Our latest creature was designed for the Fungi Town Festival in Wales
"Microworld, a dynamic realm filled with artificial creatures inspired by nature that the participants themselves could design and then watch as they evolved and travelled through space."
- Rebecca Anne Procter, Harpers Bazaar Arabia. Microworld Ithra 2019