A Benchmark for Interactive World Models with a Unified Action Generation Framework

arXiv cs.CV / 5/6/2026

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Key Points

  • The paper introduces iWorld-Bench, a new benchmark designed to train and evaluate interactive world models for physical interaction-related abilities like distance perception and memory.
  • It builds a large dataset comprising 330k video clips and curates 2.1k high-quality samples spanning varied viewpoints, weather conditions, and scenes.
  • Because world models use different interaction modalities, the authors propose an Action Generation Framework to standardize evaluation and define six task types.
  • The benchmark generates 4.9k test samples that jointly measure performance across visual generation, trajectory following, and memory.
  • Experiments evaluate 14 representative world models, uncovering key limitations and publishing a public leaderboard at iWorld-Bench.com.

Abstract

Achieving Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) requires agents that learn and interact adaptively, with interactive world models providing scalable environments for perception, reasoning, and action. Yet current research still lacks large-scale datasets and unified benchmarks to evaluate their physical interaction capabilities. To address this, we propose iWorld-Bench, a comprehensive benchmark for training and testing world models on interaction-related abilities such as distance perception and memory. We construct a diverse dataset with 330k video clips and select 2.1k high-quality samples covering varied perspectives, weather, and scenes. As existing world models differ in interaction modalities, we introduce an Action Generation Framework to unify evaluation and design six task types, generating 4.9k test samples. These tasks jointly assess model performance across visual generation, trajectory following, and memory. Evaluating 14 representative world models, we identify key limitations and provide insights for future research. The iWorld-Bench model leaderboard is publicly available at iWorld-Bench.com.