Fife businesses gives virtual insight into life on ocean floor

The ‘Dive Into the Deep’ challenge experience, was created by Cerebral Ape.

It allows participants to navigate a deep sea robot over a realistic ocean floor model, and complete objectives whilst learning about the secrets of the deep sea.

Stuart Rogers, who lives in Wormit, started Cerebral Ape last year after being made redundant.

He created this experience in a bid to draw attention to what’s going on under the sea.

His first experience, ‘Mission to Mars’, enables participants to control a robotic rover to perform tasks on a realistic Martian landscape.

He said: “I’m fascinated by the world’s oceans and their offering. The deeper you descend, the more compelling the mysteries! It is this that ‘Dive Into the Deep’ delivers.”

Stuart, who has a degree in marine ecology, said it was always his plan to create…