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Take advantage of professionally created assets. Downloads are available under the Creative Commons Attribution license.

Jungle Ruins Scene

  • Access a large-scale, photorealistic environment inspired by the Amazon Rainforest.
  • Features an over one trillion total triangle count optimized for physically based rendering (PBR).
  • Tailored for research and development of rendering technologies.
  • Includes the Blender source and Universal Scene Description (USD) file formats. 

Download (4.0 GB)

Sponza Base Scene

  • Remade for a modern-day, physically-based rendering (PBR) pipeline
  • Incorporates photogrammetry-derived, high-resolution geometry with 4k textures
  • Provides ideal images for reproducibility and development of new rendering technologies
  • Includes the following file formats: Autodesk* 3ds Max* 2022 source, USD, GLTF, and FBX

Download (3.71 GB)

Sponza Add-on Packages

Colorful Curtains

  • Draped curtains hang in the atrium space to break up the stone textures, add more bounced color, and darken the hallways.
  • File formats included are Autodesk 3ds Max 2022 source, GLTF, FBX, and USD.

Download (750 MB)

Ivy

  • Ivy vines grow along the corner of the atrium. The vines and leaves are created with full geometric detail. 
  • File formats included are Autodesk 3ds Max 2022 source, GLTF, FBX, and USD.

Download (1.29 GB)

Trees

  • The leaves of the Italian cypresses are created by using cards with alpha maps, as in traditional game production. 
  • File formats included are Autodesk 3ds Max 2022 source, GLTF, FBX, and USD.

Download (907 MB)

Emissive Candles

  • Thousands of floating candles are scattered throughout the scene.
  • Download includes examples of an emissive material for the flames and point lights.
  • File formats included are Autodesk 3ds Max 2022 source, GLTF, FBX, and USD.

Download (2.97 GB)

Animated Knight

  • This package contains a fully rigged character with several example animations. 
  • File formats included are Maya* 2022 source, Alembic (ABC), FBX, and USD.

Download (1.12 GB)

Flood

  • Rushing flood of water overtakes the ground floor of Sponza.
  • File formats included are Houdini* 19.0.561 source, Blender*, 3dsMax* 2022, and Alembic (ABC).

Download (2.73 GB)

Volumetric Explosion

  • A fiery volumetric explosion rocks the ground floor of Sponza.
  • File formats included are Houdini 19.0.561 source, Blender, Volumetric Database File (VDB).

Download (9.13 GB)