GPU Gems 3 is now available for free online! Please visit our Recent Documents page to see all the latest whitepapers and conference presentations that can help you with your projects. You can also subscribe to our Developer News Feed to get notifications of new material on the site. Ryan Geiss NVIDIA Corporation 1.1 Introduction Procedural terrains have traditionally been limited to height fields
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