Did you program this from scratch? What is it made in? Is it simply color that defines height? Nice work!
Thanks! I've coded it all in Python and OpenGL (though it's mostly my custom framework which I've slowly developed over a few years). And yes, the height comes simply from colour value (average of RGB).
Some notes about my code, with links to tutorials: algoristo.com/tech/
Woah! This is what computer graphics will be like in 2012. Truly fascinating tech demo!
You might be interested in seeing my Bash Game of Life, now that's some bleeding edge tech! instagram.com/p/CLHm75HnxGQ/