This is about Ken Perlin/'Perlin Noise'. From the Wikipedia page on Perlin Noise: > Perlin noise resulted from the work of Ken Perlin, who developed it at Math

This is about Ken Perlin/'Perlin Noise'. From the Wikipedia page on Perlin Noise: > Perlin noise resulted from the work of Ken Perlin, who developed it at Mathematical Applications Group, Inc. (MAGI) for Disney's computer animated sci-fi motion picture Tron (1982). In 1997, he won an Academy Award for Technical Achievement from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for this contribution to CGI. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perlin_noise https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perlin_noise Edit: also, if you'd like to see something more recent from him, I'd recommend this talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YnVhTyrYbo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YnVhTyrYbo [SIGGRAPH Asia 2011 - Featured Speaker, Ken Perlin] —interesting stuff, and he's an engaging speaker.