Scaling Up Occupancy-centric Driving Scene Generation: Dataset and Method

A new dataset called Nuplan-Occ has been introduced to enhance driving scene generation for autonomous vehicles. This development is significant because it addresses the scarcity of annotated occupancy data, which is crucial for improving the performance of occupancy-centric methods. By providing a larger and more comprehensive dataset, researchers can better evaluate perception and planning in autonomous driving, ultimately leading to safer and more efficient self-driving technologies.