I am following this thread with interest and as I said already I was impressed by Monsoon`s slideshow. There are a couple of rock examples I have not seen in Vue so far (especially those with edgy shapes).

Still, what rocks are concerned, I am asking myself: why do we have to use an external app in order to achieve this? And is there an other reason than faster rendering which makes you guys want to use normal maps?

Maybe those questions are silly because I am missing the point. But currently I dont see any reason why realistic rocks could not be generated all within Vue. What Im thinking of is taking for instance a standard Vue rock and then working on the color and bump displacement mapping by using noise/fractal noise functions.

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