Kandid, a genetic art tool, does now support POV-Ray.

http://kandid.sourceforge.net/

Kandid is an interactive genetic design tool to evolve graphics. Graphics,
in Kandid, is not drawn by hand. Instead new forms can be found using
genetic algorithms. To achieve this aim Kandid simulates evolution using
sexual reproduction of inside image populations. There is no fitness
function in side the program. The user has to decide which color schemas
and forms are interesting.

The genetic engine inside Kandid can now be used as an interactive front end
to evolve layered textures and isosurface objects for the Persistence of
Vision ray tracer. Persistence of Vision acts, behind the scene, as an
compiler reading a POV-ray Scene Description Language generated by Kandid
to produce images.

To achieve the best best coupling of both programs it is highly recommended
to install Kandid and POV ray under Linux. The Linux version of POV-ray is
part of your Linux distribution.
If it is not installed you can add POV-ray with the installation program
coming with your distribution. On Windows the things are a little bit more
complicated. In the official POV-ray release for Windows the ray tracer is
integrated in a little development environment. But Kandid needs the
command line Version of POV-ray and nothing more. Fortunately there is an
unofficial command line version of POV-Ray from Christoph Hormann. Windows
users should download this version from
http://www-public.tu-bs.de:8080/~y0013390/povcyg/

Thomas

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