Virtual ecosystems can be co-created in this speculative future – a shared reimagining of nature through augmented reality and collective imagination.
In this striking and multi-layered installation, you collaborate with AI to plant speculative ecosystems into future landscapes and watch new forms of nature bloom before your eyes. Blending visual poetry with ecological thought, Polymorf’s Future Botanica is a participatory AR experience that invites you to shape and rethink what nature could be – a collective reflection on how we live within the natural world.
Credits:
Director & producer: Marcel van Brakel | Polymorf
Director & science integration: Hazal Ertürkan
Sound design, music & installation: Mark Meeuwenoord.
Development & AI integration: Luciano Pinna
Unity development & AR integration: Daan Hobbel.
3D design & animation: Hauke Boer.
Graphic design: Daniël Maarleveld.
3D design: Ashley Haagsma, Petr Tiurin.
AI & design research: Sacha Holzken.
Executive Producer: Corine Meijers | Studio Biarritz.
Marcel van Brakel is the founder and lead designer at the interdisciplinary Dutch experience design collective Polymorf. Polymorf designs by any means necessary to create speculative design and multisensory experiences using cutting-edge technologies. As such, Polymorf acts as an innovative pipeline across industries by creating strategies for prototyping the future. Their groundbreaking work engages audiences by creating fully embodied immersive experiences. Created, a.o. multi-user and multisensory XR work Symbiosis, Famous Deaths, etc.
