diff --git a/packages/dataverse/src/Atom.test.ts b/packages/dataverse/src/Atom.test.ts
index 2c14065..9120114 100644
--- a/packages/dataverse/src/Atom.test.ts
+++ b/packages/dataverse/src/Atom.test.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ describe(`Atom`, () => {
     atom.setByPointer((p) => p, {foo: 'newfoo', bar: -1})
     expect(atom.get()).toEqual({foo: 'newfoo', bar: -1})
 
+    // `getByPointer()` is to `get()` what `setByPointer()` is to `set()`
+    expect(atom.getByPointer((p) => p.bar)).toBe(-1)
+
     // `reduceByPointer()` is to `setByPointer()` what `reduce()` is to `set()`
     atom.reduceByPointer(
       (p) => p.bar,
diff --git a/packages/dataverse/src/pointer.test.ts b/packages/dataverse/src/pointer.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7303f68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/dataverse/src/pointer.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+import {pointer, getPointerParts, Atom} from '@theatre/dataverse'
+
+describe(`pointer`, () => {
+  test(`Basic useage of pointer`, async () => {
+    const root = {foo: 'foo', bar: 0}
+    const p = pointer({root: root, path: []})
+
+    const parts = getPointerParts(p)
+    expect(parts.root).toBe(root)
+    expect(parts.path).toEqual([])
+
+    const pointerToFoo = p.foo
+    // p.foo is a pointer to the `foo` property of the root object. its only difference to p is that its path is `['foo']`
+    expect(getPointerParts(pointerToFoo).path).toEqual(['foo'])
+    expect(getPointerParts(pointerToFoo).root).toBe(root)
+
+    // subPointers are cached
+    expect(pointerToFoo).toBe(p.foo)
+
+    // we can also manually construct the pointer to foo:
+    const pointerToFoo2 = pointer({root: root, path: ['foo']})
+    expect(getPointerParts(pointerToFoo2).path).toEqual(['foo'])
+  })
+
+  test(`Well-typed pointers`, () => {
+    type Data = {str: string; foo?: {bar?: {baz: number}}}
+    const root: Data = {str: 'some string'}
+
+    // pointers bocome useful when we properly type them. Let's do that now:
+    const p = pointer<Data>({
+      root,
+      path: [],
+    })
+
+    // or alternatively: `pointer(...) as Pointer<Data>`
+
+    // now typescript will error if we try to access a property that doesn't exist
+    // @ts-expect-error
+    p.baz
+
+    // but it will not error if we access a property that does exist
+    p.foo
+
+    // won't get an error when accessing foo.bar.baz
+    p.foo.bar.baz
+
+    // but will get an error when accessing foo.bar.baz.nonExistentProperty
+    // @ts-ignore
+    p.foo.bar.baz.nonExistentProperty
+
+    // we don't need to manually type the pointer since pointers are usually provided by Atoms, and those are already typed
+    const atom = new Atom(root)
+
+    // so this  will be fine by typescript:
+    atom.pointer.foo.bar.baz
+
+    // while this will error
+    // @ts-ignore
+    atom.pointer.foo.bar.baz.nonExistentProperty
+  })
+})