Awesome 3D Scene Generation

Overview

A comprehensive collection of 3D scene generation research papers, tools, and resources. Covers techniques for generating realistic 3D environments from text descriptions, images, or procedural methods.

Scene Types

Indoor Scenes

• Room layout generation
• Furniture placement
• Object arrangement
• Interior design automation
• Residential and commercial spaces

Outdoor Scenes

• Urban environments and cityscapes
• Natural landscapes
• Parks and gardens
• Road networks
• Terrain generation

City-Scale Generation

• Building generation
• Street network planning
• Infrastructure placement
• Population distribution
• Traffic simulation

Generation Methods

Learning-Based

• Text-to-3D scene generation
• Image-to-3D scene reconstruction
• Diffusion models for scenes
• Neural scene representations
• Generative models (GANs, VAEs)

Procedural Generation

• Grammar-based systems
• L-systems for vegetation
• Noise-based terrain
• Rule-based city generation

Hybrid Approaches

• AI-assisted procedural generation
• Learning from procedural data
• Guided generation systems

Recent Projects (2025-2026)

• SceneFoundry - Generating Interactive Infinite 3D Worlds (AAAI 2026)
• City-scale world generation systems
• Real-time procedural environments
• Multiplayer world generation

Applications

• Video game development
• Virtual reality environments
• Architectural visualization
• Urban planning
• Film and animation pre-visualization
• Metaverse platforms
• Simulation environments

Key Technologies

• Neural radiance fields (NeRF)
• 3D Gaussian splatting
• Signed distance functions (SDFs)
• Occupancy networks
• Mesh generation algorithms

Datasets

• 3D-FRONT - Indoor scenes
• Replica - Photorealistic indoor spaces
• Matterport3D - Real-world scans
• ScanNet - RGB-D indoor scans

Pricing

Free and open-source research papers and tools.