Node-RF: Learning Generalized Continuous Space-Time Scene Dynamics with Neural ODE-based NeRFs

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Hauptverfasser: Sarkar, Hiran, Kuang, Liming, Velikova, Yordanka, Busam, Benjamin
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author Sarkar, Hiran
Kuang, Liming
Velikova, Yordanka
Busam, Benjamin
author_facet Sarkar, Hiran
Kuang, Liming
Velikova, Yordanka
Busam, Benjamin
contents Predicting scene dynamics from visual observations is challenging. Existing methods capture dynamics only within observed boundaries failing to extrapolate far beyond the training sequence. Node-RF (Neural ODE-based NeRF) overcomes this limitation by integrating Neural Ordinary Differential Equations (NODEs) with dynamic Neural Radiance Fields (NeRFs), enabling a continuous-time, spatiotemporal representation that generalizes beyond observed trajectories at constant memory cost. From visual input, Node-RF learns an implicit scene state that evolves over time via an ODE solver, propagating feature embeddings via differential calculus. A NeRF-based renderer interprets calculated embeddings to synthesize arbitrary views for long-range extrapolation. Training on multiple motion sequences with shared dynamics allows for generalization to unseen conditions. Our experiments demonstrate that Node-RF can characterize abstract system behavior without explicit model to identify critical points for future predictions.
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spellingShingle Node-RF: Learning Generalized Continuous Space-Time Scene Dynamics with Neural ODE-based NeRFs
Sarkar, Hiran
Kuang, Liming
Velikova, Yordanka
Busam, Benjamin
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Predicting scene dynamics from visual observations is challenging. Existing methods capture dynamics only within observed boundaries failing to extrapolate far beyond the training sequence. Node-RF (Neural ODE-based NeRF) overcomes this limitation by integrating Neural Ordinary Differential Equations (NODEs) with dynamic Neural Radiance Fields (NeRFs), enabling a continuous-time, spatiotemporal representation that generalizes beyond observed trajectories at constant memory cost. From visual input, Node-RF learns an implicit scene state that evolves over time via an ODE solver, propagating feature embeddings via differential calculus. A NeRF-based renderer interprets calculated embeddings to synthesize arbitrary views for long-range extrapolation. Training on multiple motion sequences with shared dynamics allows for generalization to unseen conditions. Our experiments demonstrate that Node-RF can characterize abstract system behavior without explicit model to identify critical points for future predictions.
title Node-RF: Learning Generalized Continuous Space-Time Scene Dynamics with Neural ODE-based NeRFs
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.12078