Morpheus: Benchmarking Physical Reasoning of Video Generative Models with Real Physical Experiments

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Auteurs principaux: Zhang, Chenyu, Cherniavskii, Daniil, Tragoudaras, Antonios, Vozikis, Antonios, Nijdam, Thijmen, Prinzhorn, Derck W. E., Bodracska, Mark, Sebe, Nicu, Zadaianchuk, Andrii, Gavves, Efstratios
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author Zhang, Chenyu
Cherniavskii, Daniil
Tragoudaras, Antonios
Vozikis, Antonios
Nijdam, Thijmen
Prinzhorn, Derck W. E.
Bodracska, Mark
Sebe, Nicu
Zadaianchuk, Andrii
Gavves, Efstratios
author_facet Zhang, Chenyu
Cherniavskii, Daniil
Tragoudaras, Antonios
Vozikis, Antonios
Nijdam, Thijmen
Prinzhorn, Derck W. E.
Bodracska, Mark
Sebe, Nicu
Zadaianchuk, Andrii
Gavves, Efstratios
contents Recent advances in image and video generation raise hopes that these models possess world modeling capabilities, the ability to generate realistic, physically plausible videos. This could revolutionize applications in robotics, autonomous driving, and scientific simulation. However, before treating these models as world models, we must ask: Do they adhere to physical conservation laws? To answer this, we introduce Morpheus, a benchmark for evaluating video generation models on physical reasoning. It features 80 real-world videos capturing physical phenomena, guided by conservation laws. Since artificial generations lack ground truth, we assess physical plausibility using physics-informed metrics evaluated with respect to infallible conservation laws known per physical setting, leveraging advances in physics-informed neural networks and vision-language foundation models. Our findings reveal that even with advanced prompting and video conditioning, current models struggle to encode physical principles despite generating aesthetically pleasing videos. All data, leaderboard, and code are open-sourced at our project page.
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spellingShingle Morpheus: Benchmarking Physical Reasoning of Video Generative Models with Real Physical Experiments
Zhang, Chenyu
Cherniavskii, Daniil
Tragoudaras, Antonios
Vozikis, Antonios
Nijdam, Thijmen
Prinzhorn, Derck W. E.
Bodracska, Mark
Sebe, Nicu
Zadaianchuk, Andrii
Gavves, Efstratios
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Recent advances in image and video generation raise hopes that these models possess world modeling capabilities, the ability to generate realistic, physically plausible videos. This could revolutionize applications in robotics, autonomous driving, and scientific simulation. However, before treating these models as world models, we must ask: Do they adhere to physical conservation laws? To answer this, we introduce Morpheus, a benchmark for evaluating video generation models on physical reasoning. It features 80 real-world videos capturing physical phenomena, guided by conservation laws. Since artificial generations lack ground truth, we assess physical plausibility using physics-informed metrics evaluated with respect to infallible conservation laws known per physical setting, leveraging advances in physics-informed neural networks and vision-language foundation models. Our findings reveal that even with advanced prompting and video conditioning, current models struggle to encode physical principles despite generating aesthetically pleasing videos. All data, leaderboard, and code are open-sourced at our project page.
title Morpheus: Benchmarking Physical Reasoning of Video Generative Models with Real Physical Experiments
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.02918