Systems Understanding Through Simulated Decision-Making

Regen Ocean is designed to build systems literacy through direct participation. As the simulation develops, participants can observe feedback loops, delayed responses, interdependence and nonlinear change within a defined ecological model.

This approach gives policy teams, scientists and marine practitioners a shared setting for examining assumptions, identifying evidence needs and discussing the likely pathways through which an intervention may affect a reef system.

 

A Shared Language for Science and Policy

Marine decisions bring together ecological evidence, statutory responsibilities, operational constraints, cultural values and community priorities. Regen Ocean provides a visual and experiential frame for conversations across these fields.

 

Access to an Otherwise Hidden Environment

Kelp forests and kina barrens exist beyond the daily experience of many people involved in public policy and community decision-making. WebXR access brings the reef environment  into meeting rooms, classrooms and public venues. It works with a wide range of VR headsets, AR glasses, mobile phones, and desktop computers, and can be used with mobile VR.

Flexible formats allow the experience to be used across a range of professional and public settings. Participants can engage with marine ecology without entering the water or travelling to a field site.

 

A Foundation for Restoration Activity

Regen Ocean is designed to sit alongside scientific monitoring, participatory planning, public discussion, fundraising and fieldwork. 

The experience enhances but does not replace field observations, local knowledge, statutory processes or technical analysis. It creates a conversation starter and a way to visualise how ecological processes interact, bringing something usually hidden below the surface into view.