Paper · arXiv 2602.18422
Generated Reality: Human-centric World Simulation using Interactive Video Generation with Hand and Camera Control
Linxi Xie, Lisong C. Sun, Ashley Neall, Tong Wu, Shengqu Cai, Gordon Wetzstein
A human-centric video world model conditioned on tracked head and hand poses is introduced, enabling dexterous interactions through a bidirectional video diffusion model trained for egocentric virtual environment generation.
Abstract
Extended reality (XR) demands generative models that respond to users' tracked real-world motion, yet current video world models accept only coarse control signals such as text or keyboard input, limiting their utility for embodied interaction. We introduce a human-centric video world model that is conditioned on both tracked head pose and joint-level hand poses. For this purpose, we evaluate existing diffusion transformer conditioning strategies and propose an effective mechanism for 3D head and hand control, enabling dexterous hand--object interactions. We train a bidirectional video diffusion model teacher using this strategy and distill it into a causal, interactive system that generates egocentric virtual environments. We evaluate this generated reality system with human subjects and demonstrate improved task performance as well as a significantly higher level of perceived amount of control over the performed actions compared with relevant baselines.