Vray Flakes

He stopped 3D work entirely. But artists who bought his old hard drive from a secondhand shop reported the same issue. Some claimed their computers began rendering — appearing in webcams, phone screens, and eventually, in mirrors at night.

V-Ray flakes have a wide range of applications in 3D rendering, including:

: A complex material that generates flakes by mixing several procedural textures. It is frequently used within a VRayBlendMtl as a "coat" layer over a base color.

The forum post vanished. The creator was never found. But if you search deep enough in render forums, you'll still find whispers:

Since the effect is procedural, VRAM usage is generally low, but the calculation overhead during ray-tracing is high.