Generation of Complex 3D Human Motion by Temporal and Spatial Composition of Diffusion Models
On the map: Diffusion models → Video generation
Abstract (arXiv)
In this paper, we address the challenge of generating realistic 3D human motions for action classes that were never seen during the training phase. Our approach involves decomposing complex actions into simpler movements, specifically those observed during training, by leveraging the knowledge of human motion contained in GPTs models. These simpler movements are then combined into a single, realistic animation using the properties of diffusion models. Our claim is that this decomposition and subsequent recombination of simple movements can synthesize an animation that accurately represents the complex input action. This method operates during the inference phase and can be integrated with any pre-trained diffusion model, enabling the synthesis of motion classes not present in the training data. We evaluate our method by dividing two benchmark human motion datasets into basic and complex actions, and then compare its performance against the state-of-the-art.
Key facts. Cited by 7 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026). Placed in Video generation, one of 14 directions in Diffusion models. Builds on 28 of its 41 references that are in the map. First posted on arXiv 18 Sep 2024.
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28 of 41 references.
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Citing papers per year: 2024: 1; 2025: 3; 2026: 3.
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- 2025No MoCap Needed: Post-Training Motion Diffusion Models with Reinforcement Learning using Only Textual Promptscited by 1
- 2026Motion-Adapter: A Diffusion Model Adapter for Text-to-Motion Generation of Compound Actionscited by 0
- 2026Re2MoGen: Open-Vocabulary Motion Generation via LLM Reasoning and Physics-Aware Refinementcited by 0
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- 2026Re2MoGen: Open-Vocabulary Motion Generation via LLM Reasoning and Physics-Aware Refinement20 Apr 2026
- 2026Motion-Adapter: A Diffusion Model Adapter for Text-to-Motion Generation of Compound Actions17 Apr 2026
- 2025No MoCap Needed: Post-Training Motion Diffusion Models with Reinforcement Learning using Only Textual Prompts8 Oct 2025
- 2025Motion Generation: A Survey of Generative Approaches and Benchmarks7 Jul 2025
- 2025SocialGen: Modeling Multi-Human Social Interaction with Language Models28 Mar 2025
- 2024CoMA: Compositional Human Motion Generation with Multi-modal Agents10 Dec 2024
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