A landscape from rules.

A visual explanation of how simple functions build a surface.

A wireframe landscape built from combined wave functions.

From waves to a landscape

Follow a wave as smaller details are added, then see the result as a rotating three-dimensional surface. Change the seed to explore another variation.

The interactive study runs on your device, with pause, replay and full-screen controls. There’s no sound.

The download is the original ambient dune renderer, separate from the interactive explanation. For offline use, unzip the folder and open index.html in a browser with graphics acceleration enabled. This runs in a browser; it doesn’t install as your computer’s system screensaver.

Wallpapers, too.

3840 × 2160 PNGs, each with a small fifteen02 wordmark.

Download all four ZIP · 62 MB

Generated artworks, rather than photographs of real places. Choose “Fit” in your wallpaper settings to keep the whole image on screens that aren’t 16:9.