Eric Haines

Eric Haines is an American software engineer and expert in computer graphics, specifically image rendering.

An image created by software based on the thesis was used on the September 1986 cover of the IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications journal.

He authored a chapter in the book An Introduction to Ray Tracing by Andrew Glassner (ed), 1989.

He was the editor of the online forum of experts in ray tracing, Ray Tracing News (1988-2010)[4] During that time, he coined the term surface acne for the spotty artifacts caused by numerical errors when a small surface area seems to be shadowing itself.

[5][6] He has pursued multiple personal projects including the Minecraft world mapper and exporter called Mineways.