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How binvox is used by people

For the longest time I wanted to create a list of examples of real-world usage of binvox. Finally I managed to get started (March 2025.. ).

Title	Author(s)	Affiliation	Year	Description
Modeling 3D Shapes by Reinforcement Learning	Lin et al.	University of Hong Kong	2020	Using AI to learn 3D modelling steps from 2D depth images. Models voxelized with binvox were used in evaluation steps (but this is not described anywhere unfortunately)
Learning to Predict 3D Objects with an Interpolation-based Differentiable Renderer	Chen et al.	NVIDIA	2019	Models voxelized with binvox were used for evaluation
Three-Dimensional Object Registration Using Wavelet Features	Chalfant and Patrikalakis	MIT	2008	Automatic registration of three-dimensional voxelized models
Animation Collage	Theobalt et al.	Stanford University	2007	Automatically transform mesh animations into animation collages, i.e. moving assemblies of shape primitives from a database given by an artist. Shape similary is computed using spherical harmonics descriptors, which are based on voxel models.
Shapes in the Clouds: Interactive, Artist-Guided, Cloud Simulation	Brickman et al.	UC Santa Cruz	2007	Model physical processes for the creation of clouds while enabling artists to have creative control over the shape of clouds
Skeleton-based Hierarchical Shape Segmentation	Reniers and Telea	University of Eindhoven	2006	3D component segmentation using curve skeletons of 3D models voxelized with binvox