{"slug": "deform-reasoning-guided-physics-aware-video-generation-via-spatial-temporal", "title": "DeforM: Reasoning-Guided Physics-Aware Video Generation via Spatial-Temporal Masking", "summary": "A new AI framework called DeforM, developed by researchers, improves physics-aware video generation by using a VLM-guided physical reasoning module to identify dynamic regions and apply spatial-temporal masks, outperforming baseline models in visual quality and physical consistency.", "body_md": "arXiv:2607.18664v1 Announce Type: new\nAbstract: Video generation models achieve high visual quality but often struggle to generate physics-aware videos. Unlike rigid-body motion, which can be described by explicit trajectories or formulas, complex deformation dynamics remain challenging to synthesize. We observe that a lack of physical reasoning for localizing dynamic areas allows irrelevant regions to dilute the model's attention, leading to generation failure. In this paper, we propose DeforM, a reasoning-guided image-to-video generation framework that directs the model's focus toward physics-critical regions. To reason about and localize these critical regions, we introduce a VLM-guided physical reasoning module, DeforM-Reason, to identify target objects and generate spatial-temporal masks. For physical guidance, we develop two alternative strategies: DeforM-Free for training-free mechanism analysis and DeforM-Injection as a powerful training-based generator. Experimental results demonstrate that DeforM improves the realism of generated deformation scenarios, outperforming baseline models in both visual quality and physical consistency.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/deform-reasoning-guided-physics-aware-video-generation-via-spatial-temporal", "canonical_source": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.18664", "published_at": "2026-07-22 04:00:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-22 04:14:15.514464+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "computer-vision", "generative-ai"], "entities": ["DeforM", "DeforM-Reason", "DeforM-Free", "DeforM-Injection"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/deform-reasoning-guided-physics-aware-video-generation-via-spatial-temporal", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/deform-reasoning-guided-physics-aware-video-generation-via-spatial-temporal.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/deform-reasoning-guided-physics-aware-video-generation-via-spatial-temporal.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/deform-reasoning-guided-physics-aware-video-generation-via-spatial-temporal.jsonld"}}