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The latest 3D Assets coverage curated for game developers.

City Kit (Industrial)

Kenney.nl has released City Kit (Industrial), a free CC0 3D asset pack aimed at city builders, factory scenes, and warehouse areas. The bundle ships with 40 files and a 2025 …

Official Kenney.nl · 2 weeks, 3 days ago
The Teapot Test, Reimagined: From Showing to Making With Tripo AI

Tripo AI is pushing beyond demo-ready 3D generation with production-ready meshes, animation, open-source tooling, and interactive worlds. The SIGGRAPH 2026 showcase frames AI asset creation as a pipeline tool, not …

Blog SIGGRAPH · 1 month ago
Mini Forest

Kenney has added Mini Forest, a 3D asset pack in its Mini series, giving developers a compact set of forest-themed props to drop into prototypes or stylized scenes. The pack …

Official Kenney.nl · 2 months ago
Appearance-Preserving Refinement of Generated 3D Assets for Monochromatic Fabrication

For teams shipping 3D assets that will be printed or otherwise made from a single material, this paper tackles a real problem: texture-heavy models lose a lot of their visual …

Research arXiv cs.GR · 2 months, 3 weeks ago
SkelMo: Universal Skeletal Motion Generation for 3D Rigged Shapes

SkelMo tackles a real bottleneck for 4D asset production: generating skeletal motion for rigged 3D shapes without relying on a fixed topology. The paper claims a diffusion model that can …

Research arXiv cs.GR · 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Unity AI Open Beta: Create props with the 3D Object Generator

Unity’s AI open beta now includes a 3D Object Generator that turns text prompts or reference images into static mesh prefabs inside the Editor. It’s aimed at fast prototyping of …

Official Unity · 3 months, 3 weeks ago
Functionalization via Structure Completion and Motion Rectification

A new graphics/CV method turns non-functional 3D assets into operable ones by completing missing structure and fixing motion. The system targets furniture first, predicting joints, supports, and contact relations from …

Research arXiv cs.GR · 3 months, 4 weeks ago
Articraft: An Agentic System for Scalable Articulated 3D Asset Generation

Articraft introduces a groundbreaking system for generating articulated 3D assets at scale, addressing a major bottleneck in 3D object understanding. By leveraging large language models, it automates the creation of …

Research arXiv cs.GR · 4 months ago
From Visual Synthesis to Interactive Worlds: Toward Production-Ready 3D Asset Generation

The latest research highlights a significant leap in 3D asset generation, addressing the gap between generative modeling and production-ready standards. This is crucial for graphics programmers and artists, as it …

Research arXiv cs.GR · 4 months, 2 weeks ago
New 3D Asset Bundles for Unreal, Unity and Godot

Three new asset bundles for Unreal, Unity, and Godot are now available, offering developers a significant discount. With the promo code SP60, the price drops to $39, making high-quality assets …

Blog Gamefromscratch · 4 months, 3 weeks ago
Asset Harvester: Extracting 3D Assets from Autonomous Driving Logs for Simulation

Developers can now leverage Asset Harvester, a new pipeline that transforms sparse 3D data from autonomous driving logs into complete, simulation-ready assets. This innovation addresses a critical gap in AV …

Research arXiv cs.GR · 4 months, 3 weeks ago
Conveyor Kit

The Conveyor Kit from Kenney.nl offers a robust collection of 90 3D assets tailored for industrial environments. This pack is particularly beneficial for artists and designers looking to enhance factory …

Official Kenney.nl · 5 months ago
AniGen: Unified $S^3$ Fields for Animatable 3D Asset Generation

AniGen introduces a groundbreaking framework for generating animatable 3D assets directly from images, which is a game changer for graphics programmers and artists. By integrating shape, skeleton, and skinning into …

Research arXiv cs.GR · 5 months ago
MeshTailor: Cutting Seams via Generative Mesh Traversal

For graphics programmers and technical artists, MeshTailor is a mesh-native approach to generating edge-aligned seams on 3D surfaces. It avoids the projection and snapping issues that plague earlier methods by …

Research arXiv cs.GR · 5 months, 2 weeks ago
SLAT-Phys: Fast Material Property Field Prediction from Structured 3D Latents

SLAT-Phys introduces a groundbreaking method for predicting material properties from a single RGB image, significantly speeding up the process for developers. This innovation allows for accurate material estimation without the …

Research arXiv cs.GR · 5 months, 3 weeks ago
SIMART: Decomposing Monolithic Meshes into Sim-ready Articulated Assets via MLLM

The introduction of SIMART marks a significant advancement in generating articulated 3D assets for AI and simulations. By utilizing a unified MLLM framework, it reduces token counts by 70%, enhancing …

Research arXiv cs.GR · 5 months, 3 weeks ago
ManiTwin: Scaling Data-Generation-Ready Digital Object Dataset to 100K

ManiTwin introduces a groundbreaking dataset of 100K 3D assets, revolutionizing robotic manipulation research. This automated pipeline transforms images into simulation-ready assets, significantly enhancing data diversity and quality for developers in …

Research arXiv cs.GR · 5 months, 4 weeks ago
Cube Pets

Kenney.nl has released a significant update to Cube Pets, now featuring a complete remake with new animals and animations. This free asset pack is a boon for artists and designers …

Official Kenney.nl · 6 months ago
Khronos Upgrades glTF Sample Assets and Render Fidelity Comparison Websites

Khronos has significantly improved its glTF Sample Assets and Render Fidelity Comparison websites, making them more accessible for developers and artists. This update enhances the browsing and comparison of 3D …

Blog Khronos · 6 months ago
Fuse3D: Generating 3D Assets Controlled by Multi-Image Fusion

Fuse3D introduces a groundbreaking method for generating 3D assets by leveraging multiple images for regional control. This innovation significantly enhances flexibility for artists and designers, allowing for intricate details and …

Research arXiv cs.GR · 6 months, 4 weeks ago
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