FathomVerse

Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute

About this app

The ocean covers more than 70% of our planet, yet most of the life within it remains undiscovered. FathomVerse is changing that, one dive at a time.

FathomVerse invites everyone to take part in real ocean exploration and discovery. Through interactive mini-games, FathomNauts identify animals in real underwater photos and contribute to a growing library of labeled images that helps scientists catalog and understand marine life.

With FathomVerse, you can:
- Be among the first to review real imagery collected in the ocean.
- Learn to identify more than 70 groups of marine animals.
- Help train AI models by labeling animals in underwater images.
- Participate in quests, earn badges, and track your scientific contributions.
- Save and share your favorite ocean images in a personal gallery.

Whether you're a lifelong ocean lover or simply curious about what lives in the depths, FathomVerse makes it easy to contribute to meaningful scientific research.

Ratings and reviews

Really cool game! I feel like I'm learning while also teaching AI! My one piece of feedback is it's difficult to discern the different overlapping "paths" when going on a dive. I don't know if it would take away from the illusion of swimming to much to have some kind of highlighted path instead of just vague bubble clusters, I think that could make it feel less overwhelming when first starting.

I am learning so much! The music is soothing and the simplicity of the game and layout is great! It is also stunning to know once you start the expedition section you are viewing some of the images for the first time and helping identify the species! Although, some of the images are a bit out of focus or are close up shots it is still fun to figure it out. The game is like a matching game, very specific matching, so it is definitely a great challenge! Thank you everyone involved in creating this

Pretty cool app if you love marine life or are a student in a marine related field! It's a fun way to study for my marine invertebrates class! My only issues are the controls for the illuminate game don't work well, and when you click on the "none of these" option, you don't get feedback if you were wrong. At the end of trainings it should reveal the species so you can learn to of them better, and I'd love if we could get species names when you add a picture to favorites so I can look them up!

What’s new

Join a new wave of ocean explorers to discover ocean life! In this update:

- Enjoy the new mini-game Filter.
- Unlock the new Denizen Mode and participate in data verification.
- Train for expeditions in Identify as well as Pulse.
- Unlock more levels, content, and badges.
- Dive into a smoother experience with bug fixes.

Update now and explore the wonders beneath the surface!