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Call of Duty: Warzone Caldera Data Set for Academic Use

hy Open-Source Matters In an era where AI training and the evolution of authoring tools are pivotal, the availability of production-proven maps is crucial. By releasing Caldera as an open-source asset for non-commercial use, the technology teams at Activision aim to empower developers and educators with high-quality, production-validated and accessible resources.

This first-of-its-kind data set release for Call of Duty, now available in OpenUSD, contains the near-complete geometry of Caldera as well as a collection of randomly selected anonymized time samples showing how players move around the map. The computer graphics industry has a strong legacy of canonical data sets—some may be familiar with for example the Stanford bunny, Dabrovic Sponza, or more recently Disney’s Moana Island, or Animal Logic’s ALab. The tabular data and metadata include providing opportunities for richer understanding of how players interact with the game, which can potentially lead to new insights on what makes specific layouts compelling for users.

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