Sunday, October 13th, 2024 Posted by Jim Thacker

Download Poly Haven’s free Namaqualand 3D scan library


Online CG asset library Poly Haven has released its free Namaqualand asset collection.

The set of over 30 high-quality 3D scans of desert plants, rocks and ground debris, and 10 high-resolution HDRIs, were captured on location in South Africa’s Goegap Natural Reserve.

The files are provided under on open-source CC0 licence, in formats including Blender, FBX and USD, and can be used in most modern CG applications and game engines for a range of work, including game development, motion graphics, visualization and VFX.



Free 3D scans of rocks and plants and exterior HDRIs from a desert environment
The Namaqualand asset collection is based on a trip the Poly Haven team made to the desert near the West Coast of South Africa in September 2023.

The resulting assets comprise 10 scans of rocks, 5 of branches and ground debris, and 5 rock and ground materials.

There are also over 10 sets of 3D plants, all desert species, provided in different growth states, and several in flower.

The collection also includes 10 HDRIs of desert exteriors.

Part of a set of over 1,700 free 3D models, textures and HDRIs for CG artists
Including the Namaqualand asset collection, Poly Haven currently has over 1,700 free CG assets to download, including 3D models, textures and HDRIs.

We’ve written about Poly Haven on CG Channel before – or at least, its predecessors, 3D Model Haven, Texture Haven and HDRI Haven, which have since been unified into a single website – so check out our previous stories for more details.

License and system requirements
Poly Haven’s free Namaqualand assets are available under an open-source CC0 license.

The 3D assets are provided as Blender scene files, and in FBX, glTF and USD format, with up to 8K textures, making it possible to use them in most DCC tools and game engines.

The HDRIs are provided in HDR and EXR format at resolutions up to 16K, and typically have 12-22 Exposure Values (EVs).

Read more about the Namaqualand asset library on Poly Haven’s blog
(Includes a link to download the entire scene file)

Download the free Namaqualand scanned assets from Poly Haven


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