Song: Dream Machine Learned Physical Simulation and Lighting Without 3D Priors
Jiaming Song · Luma's Dream Machine and Reasoning in Video Models · Sep 9, 2024 · at 12:28
Jiaming Song, Chief Scientist at Luma AI, discusses how Dream Machine handles complex 3D lighting reflections without explicit 3D training data or hardcoded priors.
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“But what's really surprising about Dream Machine is that we almost did nothing with regards to these NERF datasets or have zero, three D priors into how the model works. But the model just by itself learns to kind of uncover these interesting physical aspects of the world as just by generating an image to video.”
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