diff --git a/diffrend/generate_scenes.py b/diffrend/generate_scenes.py
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+import argparse
+import json
+import math
+import os
+import numpy as np
+
+from diffrend.utils.sample_generator import uniform_sample_sphere
+from diffrend.numpy.ops import normalize as np_normalize
+
+
+def main():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument('--template', type=str, default='../scenes/basic_cube.json',
+                        help='Path to the base scene json file')
+    parser.add_argument('--out', type=str, default='./generated_scenes',
+                        help='Directory to output the scene json files')
+    parser.add_argument('-n', '--number', type=int, default=10000,
+                        help='Number of random scenes to generate')
+    parser.add_argument('--cam_dist', type=float, default=0.8,
+                        help='Camera distance from the center of the object')
+    parser.add_argument('--theta', nargs=2, type=float,
+                        default=[20, 80], help='Range of angles (in degrees) from the z-axis.')
+    parser.add_argument('--phi', nargs=2, type=float,
+                        default=[20, 70], help='Range of angles (in degrees) from the x-axis.')
+    parser.add_argument('--axis', nargs=3, default=[0, 1, 0], type=float, help='Axis for random object rotations.')
+
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    # Create the output folder if it does not already exist
+    if not os.path.exists(args.out):
+        os.makedirs(args.out)
+
+    # Load the template scene
+    with open(args.template) as f:
+        scene = json.load(f)
+
+    for i in range(args.number):
+        if (i + 1) % 100 == 0:
+            print(f"Progress: {(i + 1) / args.number}%")
+            
+        # Generate a random camera eye position
+        camera_pos = uniform_sample_sphere(radius=args.cam_dist, num_samples=1,
+                                           theta_range=np.deg2rad(args.theta),
+                                           phi_range=np.deg2rad(args.phi))[0]
+        scene['camera']['eye'] = camera_pos.tolist()
+
+        # Generate a random light position
+        light_pos = uniform_sample_sphere(radius=args.cam_dist, num_samples=1,
+                                          theta_range=np.deg2rad(args.theta),
+                                          phi_range=np.deg2rad(args.phi))[0]
+        # Only change the first light
+        scene['lights']['pos'][0][:3] = light_pos.tolist()
+
+        # Randomly rotate objects that are not the background:
+        for obj in scene['objects']['obj']:
+            # TODO this is pretty hacky, figure out a better way to do this
+            if obj['path'] == "./objs/halfbox.obj":  # Ignore background objects
+                continue
+
+            random_axis = np_normalize(args.axis)
+            random_angle = np.random.rand(1)[0] * np.pi * 2
+            obj['rotate'] = dict(angle_deg=random_angle,
+                                 axis=random_axis.tolist())
+
+        # Output the generated scene json file
+        with open(f'{args.out}/scene{str(i).zfill(math.ceil(math.log10(args.number)))}.json', 'w') as outfile:
+            json.dump(scene, outfile)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
diff --git a/scenes/basic_cube.json b/scenes/basic_cube.json
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+{
+    "file-format": { "type": "diffrend", "version": "0.1" },
+    "glsl": { "vertex": "./shaders/phong/vs.glsl", "fragment": "./shaders/phong/fs.glsl" },
+    "camera": {
+        "proj_type": "perspective",
+        "viewport": [0, 0, 320, 240],
+        "fovy": 1.5707963267948966,
+        "focal_length": 1.0,
+        "eye": [0.0, 1.0, 10.0, 1.0],
+        "up": [0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0],
+        "at": [0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 1.0],
+        "near": 0.3,
+        "far": 1000.0
+    },
+    "lights": {
+        "pos": [[4.0, 4.0, 4.0, 1.0], [0.6, 0.8, 0.2, 1.0], [0.8, 0.6, 0.8, 1.0]],
+        "color_idx": [2, 1, 3],
+        "attenuation": [[0.0, 0.0, 0.01], [0.0, 0.0, 0.01], [0.0, 0.0, 0.01]],
+        "ambient": [0.0, 0.0, 0.0]
+    },
+    "colors": [[0.0, 0.0, 0.0], [0.8, 0.1, 0.1], [0.8, 0.8, 0.8], [0.2, 0.8, 0.2]],
+    "materials": {
+        "albedo": [
+            [0.5, 0.5, 0.5],
+            [0.1, 0.1, 0.1],
+            [0.2, 0.2, 0.2],
+            [0.9, 0.9, 0.9],
+            [0.9, 0.1, 0.1],
+            [0.1, 0.6, 0.8]
+        ],
+        "coeffs": [[1.0, 0.0, 0.0], [1.0, 0.0, 0.0], [1.0, 0.0, 0.0], [0.8, 0.0, 0.0], [1.0, 0.0, 0.0], [1.0, 0.0, 0.0]]
+    },
+    "objects": {
+        "obj": [
+            {
+                "path": "./objs/halfbox.obj",
+                "material_idx": 0,
+                "renormalize_range": { "x": [-1, 1], "y": [-1, 1], "z": [-1, 1] }
+            },
+            {
+                "path": "../data/cube.obj",
+                "material_idx": 0,
+                "translate": [14.0, 8.0, 12.0],
+                "rotate": { "angle_deg": 110.0, "axis": [0, 1, 0] },
+                "scale": [1.2, 1.2, 1.2],
+                "renormalize_range": { "x": [-1, 1], "y": [-1, 1], "z": [-1, 1] }
+            }
+        ]
+    },
+    "tonemap": { "type": "gamma", "gamma": [0.8] }
+}