Quantum Horses

Quantum Horses blends classic horse racing excitement with the mind-bending rules of quantum physics.

Place your bets, then watch as four colourful horses disappear into a state of superposition. Their speeds are no longer fixed numbers but probability ranges governed by the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle.

Armed with two quantum buttons—Position and Measure—you can briefly reveal the horses or collapse their speed ranges into new values. Every observation reshapes the race, proving that in the quantum world the act of looking changes reality.

Whether you aim to grow your virtual bankroll or simply explore quantum weirdness, Quantum Horses turns abstract theory into an addictive, fast-paced spectacle. Ready to ride the wave of uncertainty?

Quantum Uncertainty & Wave-Function Collapse

At the heart of Quantum Horses lies the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle: certain properties (like position and momentum) cannot both be known precisely. We translate this into a racing context by letting every horse move at a range of possible speeds instead of one fixed value.

How the game simulates it

1. Uncertainty Range - Each horse owns a minimum and maximum speed. While unobserved it travels at the average of that range.
2. Observation (Position Button) - Making the horses visible is equivalent to sampling their position. This also triggers a new random speed range.
3. Measurement (Measure Button) - Collapses every range into brand-new values, just like measuring a qubit collapses its wave function.

graph TD
    A["Invisible Horse (Superposition)"] -->|Position| B["Visible Horse"]
    B --> C{Measure?}
    C -- Yes --> D["New Speed Range"]
    C -- No --> E["Continues at Average Speed"]

Real-world relevance

Observing quantum systems—whether electrons or racing horses— is never passive. By playing you build intuition for why quantum computers must carefully time their measurements and why uncertainty is an opportunity as much as a limitation.