diff --git a/packages/dataverse2/.babelrc.js b/packages/dataverse-experiments/.babelrc.js
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rename from packages/dataverse2/.babelrc.js
rename to packages/dataverse-experiments/.babelrc.js
diff --git a/packages/dataverse2/.gitignore b/packages/dataverse-experiments/.gitignore
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rename from packages/dataverse2/.gitignore
rename to packages/dataverse-experiments/.gitignore
diff --git a/packages/dataverse2/LICENSE b/packages/dataverse-experiments/LICENSE
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rename from packages/dataverse2/LICENSE
rename to packages/dataverse-experiments/LICENSE
diff --git a/packages/dataverse2/package.json b/packages/dataverse-experiments/package.json
similarity index 93%
rename from packages/dataverse2/package.json
rename to packages/dataverse-experiments/package.json
index c1c81ca..d567c17 100644
--- a/packages/dataverse2/package.json
+++ b/packages/dataverse-experiments/package.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "name": "@theatre/dataverse2",
+  "name": "@theatre/dataverse-experiments",
   "version": "1.0.0-dev",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "author": {
diff --git a/packages/dataverse2/src/Atom.ts b/packages/dataverse-experiments/src/Atom.ts
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rename from packages/dataverse2/src/Atom.ts
rename to packages/dataverse-experiments/src/Atom.ts
diff --git a/packages/dataverse2/src/Box.ts b/packages/dataverse-experiments/src/Box.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/dataverse2/src/Box.ts
rename to packages/dataverse-experiments/src/Box.ts
diff --git a/packages/dataverse2/src/Ticker.ts b/packages/dataverse-experiments/src/Ticker.ts
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rename from packages/dataverse2/src/Ticker.ts
rename to packages/dataverse-experiments/src/Ticker.ts
diff --git a/packages/dataverse2/src/atom.typeTest.ts b/packages/dataverse-experiments/src/atom.typeTest.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/dataverse2/src/atom.typeTest.ts
rename to packages/dataverse-experiments/src/atom.typeTest.ts
diff --git a/packages/dataverse2/src/derivations/AbstractDerivation.ts b/packages/dataverse-experiments/src/derivations/AbstractDerivation.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/dataverse2/src/derivations/AbstractDerivation.ts
rename to packages/dataverse-experiments/src/derivations/AbstractDerivation.ts
diff --git a/packages/dataverse2/src/derivations/AbstractDerivation.typeTest.ts b/packages/dataverse-experiments/src/derivations/AbstractDerivation.typeTest.ts
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rename from packages/dataverse2/src/derivations/AbstractDerivation.typeTest.ts
rename to packages/dataverse-experiments/src/derivations/AbstractDerivation.typeTest.ts
diff --git a/packages/dataverse2/src/derivations/ConstantDerivation.ts b/packages/dataverse-experiments/src/derivations/ConstantDerivation.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/dataverse2/src/derivations/ConstantDerivation.ts
rename to packages/dataverse-experiments/src/derivations/ConstantDerivation.ts
diff --git a/packages/dataverse2/src/derivations/DerivationEmitter.ts b/packages/dataverse-experiments/src/derivations/DerivationEmitter.ts
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rename from packages/dataverse2/src/derivations/DerivationEmitter.ts
rename to packages/dataverse-experiments/src/derivations/DerivationEmitter.ts
diff --git a/packages/dataverse2/src/derivations/DerivationFromSource.ts b/packages/dataverse-experiments/src/derivations/DerivationFromSource.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/dataverse2/src/derivations/DerivationFromSource.ts
rename to packages/dataverse-experiments/src/derivations/DerivationFromSource.ts
diff --git a/packages/dataverse2/src/derivations/Freshener.ts b/packages/dataverse-experiments/src/derivations/Freshener.ts
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rename from packages/dataverse2/src/derivations/Freshener.ts
rename to packages/dataverse-experiments/src/derivations/Freshener.ts
diff --git a/packages/dataverse2/src/derivations/IDerivation.ts b/packages/dataverse-experiments/src/derivations/IDerivation.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/dataverse2/src/derivations/IDerivation.ts
rename to packages/dataverse-experiments/src/derivations/IDerivation.ts
diff --git a/packages/dataverse2/src/derivations/flatMap.ts b/packages/dataverse-experiments/src/derivations/flatMap.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/dataverse2/src/derivations/flatMap.ts
rename to packages/dataverse-experiments/src/derivations/flatMap.ts
diff --git a/packages/dataverse2/src/derivations/iterateAndCountTicks.ts b/packages/dataverse-experiments/src/derivations/iterateAndCountTicks.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/dataverse2/src/derivations/iterateAndCountTicks.ts
rename to packages/dataverse-experiments/src/derivations/iterateAndCountTicks.ts
diff --git a/packages/dataverse2/src/derivations/iterateOver.test.ts b/packages/dataverse-experiments/src/derivations/iterateOver.test.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/dataverse2/src/derivations/iterateOver.test.ts
rename to packages/dataverse-experiments/src/derivations/iterateOver.test.ts
diff --git a/packages/dataverse2/src/derivations/iterateOver.ts b/packages/dataverse-experiments/src/derivations/iterateOver.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/dataverse2/src/derivations/iterateOver.ts
rename to packages/dataverse-experiments/src/derivations/iterateOver.ts
diff --git a/packages/dataverse2/src/derivations/map.ts b/packages/dataverse-experiments/src/derivations/map.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/dataverse2/src/derivations/map.ts
rename to packages/dataverse-experiments/src/derivations/map.ts
diff --git a/packages/dataverse2/src/derivations/prism/discoveryMechanism.ts b/packages/dataverse-experiments/src/derivations/prism/discoveryMechanism.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/dataverse2/src/derivations/prism/discoveryMechanism.ts
rename to packages/dataverse-experiments/src/derivations/prism/discoveryMechanism.ts
diff --git a/packages/dataverse2/src/derivations/prism/prism.test.ts b/packages/dataverse-experiments/src/derivations/prism/prism.test.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/dataverse2/src/derivations/prism/prism.test.ts
rename to packages/dataverse-experiments/src/derivations/prism/prism.test.ts
diff --git a/packages/dataverse2/src/derivations/prism/prism.ts b/packages/dataverse-experiments/src/derivations/prism/prism.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/dataverse2/src/derivations/prism/prism.ts
rename to packages/dataverse-experiments/src/derivations/prism/prism.ts
diff --git a/packages/dataverse2/src/index.ts b/packages/dataverse-experiments/src/index.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/dataverse2/src/index.ts
rename to packages/dataverse-experiments/src/index.ts
diff --git a/packages/dataverse2/src/integration.test.ts b/packages/dataverse-experiments/src/integration.test.ts
similarity index 92%
rename from packages/dataverse2/src/integration.test.ts
rename to packages/dataverse-experiments/src/integration.test.ts
index 39549d1..04b4608 100644
--- a/packages/dataverse2/src/integration.test.ts
+++ b/packages/dataverse-experiments/src/integration.test.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import Atom, {val} from './Atom'
 import prism from './derivations/prism/prism'
 import Ticker from './Ticker'
 
-describe.skip(`dataverse2 integration tests`, () => {
+describe.skip(`dataverse-experiments integration tests`, () => {
   describe(`identity pointers`, () => {
     it(`should work`, () => {
       const data = {foo: 'hi', bar: 0}
diff --git a/packages/dataverse2/src/pointer.ts b/packages/dataverse-experiments/src/pointer.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/dataverse2/src/pointer.ts
rename to packages/dataverse-experiments/src/pointer.ts
diff --git a/packages/dataverse2/src/setupTestEnv.ts b/packages/dataverse-experiments/src/setupTestEnv.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/dataverse2/src/setupTestEnv.ts
rename to packages/dataverse-experiments/src/setupTestEnv.ts
diff --git a/packages/dataverse2/src/types.ts b/packages/dataverse-experiments/src/types.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/dataverse2/src/types.ts
rename to packages/dataverse-experiments/src/types.ts
diff --git a/packages/dataverse2/src/utils/Emitter.test.ts b/packages/dataverse-experiments/src/utils/Emitter.test.ts
similarity index 88%
rename from packages/dataverse2/src/utils/Emitter.test.ts
rename to packages/dataverse-experiments/src/utils/Emitter.test.ts
index 3fc409b..1d3c291 100644
--- a/packages/dataverse2/src/utils/Emitter.test.ts
+++ b/packages/dataverse-experiments/src/utils/Emitter.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import Emitter from './Emitter'
 
-describe.skip('DataVerse2.Emitter', () => {
+describe.skip('dataverse-experiments.Emitter', () => {
   it('should work', () => {
     const e: Emitter<string> = new Emitter()
     e.emit('no one will see this')
diff --git a/packages/dataverse2/src/utils/Emitter.ts b/packages/dataverse-experiments/src/utils/Emitter.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/dataverse2/src/utils/Emitter.ts
rename to packages/dataverse-experiments/src/utils/Emitter.ts
diff --git a/packages/dataverse2/src/utils/EventEmitter.ts b/packages/dataverse-experiments/src/utils/EventEmitter.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/dataverse2/src/utils/EventEmitter.ts
rename to packages/dataverse-experiments/src/utils/EventEmitter.ts
diff --git a/packages/dataverse2/src/utils/PathBasedReducer.ts b/packages/dataverse-experiments/src/utils/PathBasedReducer.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/dataverse2/src/utils/PathBasedReducer.ts
rename to packages/dataverse-experiments/src/utils/PathBasedReducer.ts
diff --git a/packages/dataverse2/src/utils/Stack.ts b/packages/dataverse-experiments/src/utils/Stack.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/dataverse2/src/utils/Stack.ts
rename to packages/dataverse-experiments/src/utils/Stack.ts
diff --git a/packages/dataverse2/src/utils/Tappable.ts b/packages/dataverse-experiments/src/utils/Tappable.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/dataverse2/src/utils/Tappable.ts
rename to packages/dataverse-experiments/src/utils/Tappable.ts
diff --git a/packages/dataverse2/src/utils/typeTestUtils.ts b/packages/dataverse-experiments/src/utils/typeTestUtils.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/dataverse2/src/utils/typeTestUtils.ts
rename to packages/dataverse-experiments/src/utils/typeTestUtils.ts
diff --git a/packages/dataverse2/src/utils/updateDeep.ts b/packages/dataverse-experiments/src/utils/updateDeep.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/dataverse2/src/utils/updateDeep.ts
rename to packages/dataverse-experiments/src/utils/updateDeep.ts
diff --git a/packages/dataverse2/tsconfig.json b/packages/dataverse-experiments/tsconfig.json
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/dataverse2/tsconfig.json
rename to packages/dataverse-experiments/tsconfig.json
diff --git a/tsconfig.base.json b/tsconfig.base.json
index eb57864..366a000 100644
--- a/tsconfig.base.json
+++ b/tsconfig.base.json
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@
       "@theatre/dataverse": ["./packages/dataverse/src/index.ts"],
       "@theatre/react": ["./packages/react/src/index.ts"],
       "@theatre/r3f": ["./packages/r3f/src/index.tsx"],
-      "@theatre/dataverse2": ["./packages/dataverse2/src/index.ts"]
+      "@theatre/dataverse-experiments": [
+        "./packages/dataverse-experiments/src/index.ts"
+      ]
     },
     "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true
   },
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 392ec1c..a97a633 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -5337,9 +5337,9 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: unknown
   linkType: soft
 
-"@theatre/dataverse2@workspace:packages/dataverse2":
+"@theatre/dataverse-experiments@workspace:packages/dataverse-experiments":
   version: 0.0.0-use.local
-  resolution: "@theatre/dataverse2@workspace:packages/dataverse2"
+  resolution: "@theatre/dataverse-experiments@workspace:packages/dataverse-experiments"
   dependencies:
     "@types/jest": ^26.0.23
     "@types/lodash-es": ^4.17.4