An exhaustive visual experiment

Every Possible Image

Every finite arrangement of grayscale pixels has an address. Explore that image space directly, or count your way through it. Only displayed images are decoded in mathematical-jump mode.

IMAGE SPACEReady

10 × 10 pixels2 grayscale levels

Scrub image space0%

Average canvas brightness0%

Graph sampling

Vertical scale

0%100%

Sample brightness distribution—

0% brightness100% brightness

Sampling…

0%25%50%75%100%

Drag to seek, or focus the slider and hold ← / → to travel with randomized steps. Release to stop.

Average keyboard traversal time

Image address (zero-based)0

Zero

Position0%

Total possible images—

—

Coverage rate / processing rate0/sec

Zero per second

Images actually displayed1

Estimated traversal time—

Large numbers show compact previews; open their complete decimal representation with commas using the buttons above.

Configure the universe

Grid width

Grid height

Grayscale levels

2–256 brightness values

Images per second

For sequential/display modes

Playback mode

Advances by a large index jump each screen refresh without generating intervening images.

Direction

Indices per update

Explore by address

Jump to percentage

0–100%, with up to 12 decimal places.

Jump to exact image address

Zero-based integer, from 0 to the final image address.

Locate an uploaded image in this space

The image will be resized to the current grid, converted to the current grayscale level count, assigned its exact address, and displayed. Then you can step around nearby images.

Index ordering: The bottom-right pixel changes first, as digits in a base-N number. A percentage slider is a navigational shortcut, not a way to render every skipped image. Mathematical jump counts covered addresses without decoding them. You can also upload any source image, map it into the current grid and grayscale level count, and jump directly to its exact address. A share link stores settings and the exact image address in the URL fragment. Random exploration selects uniformly from the finite address space when secure random numbers are available.

Inspiration: Babel Image Archives · Gallery of Babel