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We introduce Dream-Cubed, a large-scale dataset of Minecraft worlds at voxel resolution, and a family of models using cubes as powerful compositional units for efficient generation of interactive 3D environments. Dream-Cubed comprises tens…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-04-28 Tim Merino , Sam Earle , Ryunosuke Iwai , Julian Togelius , Edoardo Cetin

The popular 2009 voxel based videogame, Minecraft, contains several distinct disciplines. One of which is "parkour," gameplay that focuses on traversing a world's environment with maximum efficiency. The Minecraft online community has…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2026-05-05 Eric Zipor

In this paper, we address the problem of automatic mesh generation for finite elements modeling of anatomical organs for which a volumetric data set is available. In the first step a set of characteristic outlines of the organ is defined…

Medical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Marek Bucki , Yohan Payan

Procedural Content Generation (PCG) algorithms enable the automatic generation of complex and diverse artifacts. However, they don't provide high-level control over the generated content and typically require domain expertise. In contrast,…

Graphics · Computer Science 2024-04-25 Sam Earle , Filippos Kokkinos , Yuhe Nie , Julian Togelius , Roberta Raileanu

Realistic 3D indoor scene datasets have enabled significant recent progress in computer vision, scene understanding, autonomous navigation, and 3D reconstruction. But the scale, diversity, and customizability of existing datasets is…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-12-13 Kai Wang , Xianghao Xu , Leon Lei , Selena Ling , Natalie Lindsay , Angel X. Chang , Manolis Savva , Daniel Ritchie

Volumetric design is the first and critical step for professional building design, where architects not only depict the rough 3D geometry of the building but also specify the programs to form a 2D layout on each floor. Though 2D layout…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-04-28 Kai-Hung Chang , Chin-Yi Cheng , Jieliang Luo , Shingo Murata , Mehdi Nourbakhsh , Yoshito Tsuji

Game designs often center on the game mechanics---rules governing the logical evolution of the game. We seek to develop an intelligent system that generates computer games. As first steps towards this goal we present a composable and…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2019-08-06 Alexander Zook , Mark O. Riedl

Building structures can allow a robot to surmount large obstacles, expanding the set of areas it can reach. This paper presents a planning algorithm to automatically determine what structures a construction-capable robot must build in order…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-12-12 Tarik Tosun , Cynthia Sung , Colin McCloskey , Mark Yim

Nowadays three dimension (3D) architectural visualisation has become a powerful tool in the conceptualisation, design and presentation of architectural products in the construction industry, providing realistic interaction and walkthrough…

Graphics · Computer Science 2011-07-20 Raj Kishen Moloo , Muhammad Ajmal Sheik Dawood , Abu Salmaan Auleear

Automatic generation of level maps is a popular form of automatic content generation. In this study, a recently developed technique employing the {\em do what's possible} representation is used to create open-ended level maps. Generation of…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2019-05-24 Daniel Ashlock , Christoph Salge

When generating technical instructions, it is often convenient to describe complex objects in the world at different levels of abstraction. A novice user might need an object explained piece by piece, while for an expert, talking about the…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2020-10-09 Arne Köhn , Julia Wichlacz , Álvaro Torralba , Daniel Höller , Jörg Hoffmann , Alexander Koller

Machine learning for procedural content generation has recently become an active area of research. Levels vary in both form and function and are mostly unrelated to each other across games. This has made it difficult to assemble suitably…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2021-08-11 Philip Bontrager , Julian Togelius

Automated floor plan generation lies at the intersection of combinatorial search, geometric constraint satisfaction, and functional design requirements -- a confluence that has historically resisted a unified computational treatment. While…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-12-19 Mohamed Abouagour , Eleftherios Garyfallidis

Procedural Content Generation for 3D game levels faces challenges in balancing spatial coherence, navigational functionality, and adaptable gameplay progression across multi-floor environments. This paper introduces a novel framework for…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-08-27 Kaijie Xu , Clark Verbrugge

We propose a new generative model for layout generation. We generate layouts in three steps. First, we generate the layout elements as nodes in a layout graph. Second, we compute constraints between layout elements as edges in the layout…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-11-30 Wamiq Para , Paul Guerrero , Tom Kelly , Leonidas Guibas , Peter Wonka

Generating realistic building layouts for automatic building design has been studied in both the computer vision and architecture domains. Traditional approaches from the architecture domain, which are based on optimization techniques or…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-04-15 Jiachen Liu , Yuan Xue , Haomiao Ni , Rui Yu , Zihan Zhou , Sharon X. Huang

3D city generation is a desirable yet challenging task, since humans are more sensitive to structural distortions in urban environments. Additionally, generating 3D cities is more complex than 3D natural scenes since buildings, as objects…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-06-07 Haozhe Xie , Zhaoxi Chen , Fangzhou Hong , Ziwei Liu

In the architectural design process, floor plan generation is inherently progressive and iterative. However, existing generative models for floor plans are predominantly end-to-end generation that produce an entire pixel-based layout in a…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-08-05 Jun Yin , Pengyu Zeng , Jing Zhong , Peilin Li , Miao Zhang , Ran Luo , Shuai Lu

Compared with traditional design methods, generative design significantly attracts engineers in various disciplines. In thiswork, howto achieve the real-time generative design of optimized structures with various diversities and…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2024-01-23 Zongliang Du , Xinyu Ma , Wenyu Hao , Yuan Liang , Xiaoyu Zhang , Hongzhi Luo , Xu Guo

We present Word2Minecraft, a system that leverages large language models to generate playable game levels in Minecraft based on structured stories. The system transforms narrative elements-such as protagonist goals, antagonist challenges,…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-03-24 Shuo Huang , Muhammad Umair Nasir , Steven James , Julian Togelius