Perlin noise is best explained in visual terms: if a 2D slice of truly random noise looks like even and harsh static, then a random 2D slice of Perlin noise will have a natural-looking blotchy stru… ...

Perlin noise is best explained in visual terms: if a 2D slice of truly random noise looks like even and harsh static, then a random 2D slice of Perlin noise will have a natural-looking blotchy ...

16 uniformly spaced unit vectors, gradients for 2D Perlin noise kernel. grads3d[16] 16 vector gradients for 3D Perlin noise kernel. ParallelRNG() Pseudo-Random Number Generator, one pass over 1 input.

Perlin noise, developed by Ken Perlin, helps add realistic randomness to CG renderings of natural elements like smoke, fire, and water. Perlin developed it for the early '80s for a strange little ...