The Future Physical programme features five commissioned web/virtual objects, many of which can be found in the Gallery.

In keeping with the Future Physical theme, they explore ideas of the body in virtual space, and are designed to provide fun, interactive experiences.

Igloo

A landscape from beyond the edges of the browser window given glimpses of unseen places. A dance work constructed with state-of-the-art motion capture techniques to create ghostly avatars that move and react to player's inputs.
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Stanza

geno… genomix…genome baby maker is an interactive online installation created by one of the UK’s leading web artists. It allows members of the public to cross-reference all the patterns on the genome sequence and intermix or breed your their own variables, allowing the user to look at the new mix of chromosomes in real time; online.
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Jane Prophet and Neil Theise

Cell is a radical re-envisaging of the way in which stem cells operate. It is a collaborative project between Neil Theise - an international scientist whose ground-breaking research into stem cells and cell behaviour is changing the way that we understand the body -- and Jane Prophet, one of the leading UK artists working with artificial-life computer programming.
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Simon Byford

This targeted commission takes the form of an unfolding love story on the Future Physical web site. Love on the Internet, echoing through servers and cables, packets of information containing hopes and fears. Love and the idea of love as a name, an electronic address, perceived identity, the flesh of emotion.
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Liam Wells/ un1t

This targeted commission supports the development of scribble_Man – as seen in the Future Physical website gallery, into a fully responsive web being who performs various everyday functions within the virtual space, such as walk, think, consume or make a cup of tea. As an everyday person, scribble_Man brings the everyday into the virtual world.
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