diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index bbf7ed3..975593a 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -3,5 +3,9 @@ uuid = "19e8930c-b694-45c7-b48f-ae1a17da5712"
 authors = ["ITensor developers <support@itensor.org> and contributors"]
 version = "0.1.0"
 
+[deps]
+BackendSelection = "680c2d7c-f67a-4cc9-ae9c-da132b1447a5"
+
 [compat]
+BackendSelection = "0.1.5"
 julia = "1.10"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index eec39c2..7b6c239 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -42,10 +42,13 @@ julia> Pkg.add("VisualizationBase")
 ## Examples
 
 ````julia
-using VisualizationBase: VisualizationBase
-````
+using VisualizationBase: @visualize
+using Test: @test
 
-Examples go here.
+x = [2, 3]
+y = @visualize x
+@test x === y
+````
 
 ---
 
diff --git a/examples/README.jl b/examples/README.jl
index f0763e1..e103b12 100644
--- a/examples/README.jl
+++ b/examples/README.jl
@@ -43,5 +43,9 @@ julia> Pkg.add("VisualizationBase")
 
 # ## Examples
 
-using VisualizationBase: VisualizationBase
-# Examples go here.
+using VisualizationBase: @visualize
+using Test: @test
+
+x = [2, 3]
+y = @visualize x
+@test x === y
diff --git a/src/VisualizationBase.jl b/src/VisualizationBase.jl
index 7242c1e..fd7cb85 100644
--- a/src/VisualizationBase.jl
+++ b/src/VisualizationBase.jl
@@ -1,5 +1,75 @@
 module VisualizationBase
 
-# Write your package code here.
+using BackendSelection: @Backend_str, AbstractBackend, Backend
+
+export @visualize, visualize
+
+macro visualize(x, kwargs...)
+  all(kwarg -> Meta.isexpr(kwarg, :(=)), kwargs) ||
+    throw(ArgumentError("All keyword arguments must be of the form `kw=value`."))
+  kwargs′ = if all(kwarg -> kwarg.args[1] ≠ :name, kwargs)
+    (kwargs..., :(name=$(string(x))))
+  else
+    kwargs
+  end
+  return :(visualize($(esc(x)); $(esc.(kwargs′)...)); $(esc(x)))
+end
+
+function visualize(io::IO, x; backend=Backend"Default", name=nothing, kwargs...)
+  return visualize(io, to_backend(backend; kwargs...), x; name)
+end
+
+function visualize(x; backend=Backend"Default", name=nothing, io::IO=stdout, kwargs...)
+  return visualize(io, to_backend(backend; kwargs...), x; name)
+end
+
+function visualize(io::IO, backend::AbstractBackend, x; name=nothing)
+  name = get(backend, :name, name)
+  if isnothing(name)
+    visualize_unnamed(io, backend, x)
+    return nothing
+  end
+  visualize_named(io, backend, name, x)
+  return nothing
+end
+
+function visualize(backend::Backend"Default", x; name=nothing)
+  io = get(backend, :io, stdout)
+  visualize(io, backend, x; name)
+  return nothing
+end
+
+function visualize_named(io::IO, backend::Backend"Default", name, x)
+  mime = get(backend, :mime, MIME"text/plain"())
+  println(io, name, " = ")
+  show_indented(io, mime, x)
+  println(io)
+  return nothing
+end
+
+function visualize_unnamed(io::IO, ::Backend"Default", x)
+  show(io, MIME"text/plain"(), x)
+  println(io)
+  return nothing
+end
+
+function show_indented(io::IO, mime::MIME, x; indent=" ")
+  str = sprint(show, mime, x)
+  str = join((indent * s for s in split(str, '\n')), '\n')
+  print(io, str)
+  return nothing
+end
+
+function to_backend(::Type{B}; kwargs...) where {B}
+  return B(; kwargs...)
+end
+function to_backend(backend::Union{Symbol,String}; kwargs...)
+  return Backend(backend; kwargs...)
+end
+function to_backend(backend::AbstractBackend; kwargs...)
+  isempty(kwargs) ||
+    throw(ArgumentError("Keyword arguments must be passed as part of the backend object."))
+  return backend
+end
 
 end
diff --git a/test/Project.toml b/test/Project.toml
index 4a2f3ab..71752c7 100644
--- a/test/Project.toml
+++ b/test/Project.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 [deps]
 Aqua = "4c88cf16-eb10-579e-8560-4a9242c79595"
+BackendSelection = "680c2d7c-f67a-4cc9-ae9c-da132b1447a5"
 SafeTestsets = "1bc83da4-3b8d-516f-aca4-4fe02f6d838f"
 Suppressor = "fd094767-a336-5f1f-9728-57cf17d0bbfb"
 Test = "8dfed614-e22c-5e08-85e1-65c5234f0b40"
@@ -7,6 +8,7 @@ VisualizationBase = "19e8930c-b694-45c7-b48f-ae1a17da5712"
 
 [compat]
 Aqua = "0.8"
+BackendSelection = "0.1"
 SafeTestsets = "0.1"
 Suppressor = "0.2"
 Test = "1.10"
diff --git a/test/test_basics.jl b/test/test_basics.jl
index 2c4019f..3613907 100644
--- a/test/test_basics.jl
+++ b/test/test_basics.jl
@@ -1,6 +1,15 @@
-using VisualizationBase: VisualizationBase
+using VisualizationBase: VisualizationBase, @visualize, visualize
 using Test: @test, @testset
 
 @testset "VisualizationBase" begin
-  # Tests go here.
+  x = [2, 3]
+  @test sprint(visualize, x) ==
+    "2-element Vector{Int64}:\n 2\n 3\n" ==
+    sprint((io, x) -> display(TextDisplay(io), x), x)
+  @test sprint((io, x) -> visualize(io, x; name="y"), x) ==
+    "y = \n 2-element Vector{Int64}:\n  2\n  3\n"
+  @test sprint((io, x) -> @visualize(x, io=io), x) ==
+    "x = \n 2-element Vector{Int64}:\n  2\n  3\n"
+  @test sprint((io, x) -> @visualize(x, io=io, name="y"), x) ==
+    "y = \n 2-element Vector{Int64}:\n  2\n  3\n"
 end