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How to Use Random Noise to Generate Organic Scenes
In the Pixar film Brave, the forests were generated using random noise. The issue is that developer changed their phone number. So they dutifully went back and changed the random seed. And that meant, because the seed is different, the forests are completely, completely changed. They still looked natural. But they had like totally altered the way they looked. This episode is sponsored by Brilliant.org. You can start using Brilliant for free today. First 200 people to sign up slash APOD will get 20% off a full year of STEM learning.
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