🏔 Perlin Noise
Perlin noise is a gradient-based procedural noise function, developed by Ken Perlin in 1983, that produces smooth, naturally-looking randomness instead of the harsh static of pure random noise. It underlies countless procedural effects in computer graphics — terrain heightmaps, clouds, fire, marble textures and organic-looking motion.
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For a fuller technical treatment, see the Generative Art Algorithms — Noise functions reference on MySimulator.
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