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The Video Had to Obey the Program

PROWBench checks generated scenes against timestamped world records, including events outside the camera view.

Published Updated Story ID: mp-2026-10-03-013
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Summary

PROWBench checks generated scenes against timestamped world records, including events outside the camera view.

PROWBench contains 170 programmatically constructed episodes and 600 proxy videos with logged entity states and timestamped events. Because the record persists beyond any one camera view, evaluators can test whether a generated video realizes the observable consequences of the actual program rather than merely looking plausible. The benchmark adds metrics for entity control, long-horizon memory, logic-render alignment and interaction success; it evaluates adherence, not whether a model is a complete game engine.

Why it matters

PROWBench checks generated scenes against timestamped world records, including events outside the camera view.

Limits and context

  • The benchmark adds metrics for entity control, long-horizon memory, logic-render alignment and interaction success; it evaluates adherence, not whether a model is a complete game engine.

Key claims

  1. PROWBench checks generated scenes against timestamped world records, including events outside the camera view.

    Qualification: The benchmark adds metrics for entity control, long-horizon memory, logic-render alignment and interaction success; it evaluates adherence, not whether a model is a complete game engine.

    Evidence: source-2026-10-03-013

Sources

  1. arXiv preprint 2610.02205arXiv · primary research

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