arxivcs.CV2026-07-06
Video Generation Models Are Inherent Lighting Estimators
Ziqi Cai, Shuchen Weng, Kaiqi Liu, Zifeng Wang, Zhiquan Zhang, Minggui Teng, et al.
Recovering dynamic environment maps from a single in-the-wild video is crucial for photorealistic rendering, yet remains a challenge. Recent video generation models can produce photorealistic scenes with complex lighting, possessing an inherent understanding of lighting. In this…