# G3D.AI > Independent, production-first research about generative 3D for games. G3D.AI is an editorial publication, not a live 3D-generation service. ## Core pages - https://g3d.ai/research: Complete research library - https://g3d.ai/text-to-3d: Text-to-3D production briefs - https://g3d.ai/image-to-3d: Image-to-3D reconstruction and capture - https://g3d.ai/workbench: Local production planning tools - https://g3d.ai/evidence-lab: Versioned AI 3D test method and blank evidence records ## Topic hubs - https://g3d.ai/topics/foundations: 3D AI Foundations - https://g3d.ai/topics/assets: Asset Production - https://g3d.ai/topics/worlds: Worlds & Systems - https://g3d.ai/topics/production: Production & Trust ## Research guides - https://g3d.ai/research/what-is-generative-3d: What is generative 3D? A production-first definition - https://g3d.ai/research/text-to-3d-explained: How text-to-3D generation works - https://g3d.ai/research/nerf-vs-gaussian-splatting-vs-mesh: NeRF vs Gaussian splatting vs mesh for games - https://g3d.ai/research/image-to-3d-reconstruction: Image-to-3D reconstruction: inputs, ambiguity and quality - https://g3d.ai/research/prompting-for-3d-assets: Prompting for production-ready 3D assets - https://g3d.ai/research/game-ready-mesh-topology: Game-ready mesh topology for generated assets - https://g3d.ai/research/ai-textures-pbr-materials: AI textures and PBR materials for games - https://g3d.ai/research/rigging-generated-characters: Rigging and animating AI-generated characters - https://g3d.ai/research/ai-level-design-workflow: An AI-assisted level design workflow that preserves intent - https://g3d.ai/research/procedural-generation-vs-generative-ai: Procedural generation vs generative AI in games - https://g3d.ai/research/generating-game-mechanics-with-ai: Generating game mechanics with AI: from idea to specification - https://g3d.ai/research/ai-narrative-systems: AI narrative systems for games - https://g3d.ai/research/ai-3d-tools-benchmark: How to benchmark AI 3D tools for game production - https://g3d.ai/research/unity-ai-3d-asset-pipeline: Unity pipeline for AI-generated 3D assets - https://g3d.ai/research/unreal-ai-3d-asset-pipeline: Unreal Engine pipeline for AI-generated 3D assets - https://g3d.ai/research/ai-game-assets-copyright-provenance: AI game assets: copyright, licensing and provenance - https://g3d.ai/research/blender-cleanup-generated-3d-assets: Blender cleanup workflow for generated 3D assets - https://g3d.ai/research/gltf-vs-fbx-vs-obj-vs-usd: glTF vs FBX vs OBJ vs USD for game assets - https://g3d.ai/research/godot-ai-3d-asset-pipeline: Godot pipeline for AI-generated 3D assets - https://g3d.ai/research/3d-asset-compression-runtime-optimization: 3D asset compression and runtime optimization - https://g3d.ai/research/automated-3d-asset-validation-ci: Automated 3D asset validation in CI - https://g3d.ai/research/consistent-ai-3d-asset-batches: Consistent AI 3D asset batches and art direction - https://g3d.ai/research/how-generative-3d-models-are-trained-evaluated: How generative 3D models are trained and evaluated - https://g3d.ai/research/uv-unwrapping-texture-baking-generated-assets: UV unwrapping and texture baking for generated 3D assets - https://g3d.ai/research/3d-asset-collision-scale-pivots: Collision, scale and pivots for generated 3D game assets - https://g3d.ai/research/ai-generated-character-animation: AI-generated character animation for game production - https://g3d.ai/research/ai-terrain-world-generation: AI terrain and world generation for games - https://g3d.ai/research/generative-ai-npc-agents: Generative AI NPC agents: memory, actions and safety - https://g3d.ai/research/automated-playtesting-generated-levels: Automated playtesting for generated game levels - https://g3d.ai/research/version-control-ai-3d-assets: Version control and reproducibility for AI-assisted 3D assets ## Trust and history - https://g3d.ai/about: Publication identity and method - https://g3d.ai/editorial-policy: Editorial, AI and spam-safety policy - https://g3d.ai/archive: Sourced history of the original G3D.AI Jedi project - https://g3d.ai/sitemap: Complete human-readable directory