# MemCam: Memory-Augmented Camera Control for Consistent Video Generation

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.26193 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2603.26193/

## Key facts

- Cited by 4 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- Builds on 33 of its 39 references that are in the map.
- First posted on arXiv 27 Mar 2026.

## Builds on (most cited first, 30 of 33)

- [Denoising Diffusion Probabilistic Models](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2006.11239/) (2020)
- [U-Net: Convolutional Networks for Biomedical Image Segmentation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1505.04597/) (2015)
- [The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Deep Features as a Perceptual Metric](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1801.03924/) (2018)
- [Scalable Diffusion Models with Transformers](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2212.09748/) (2022)
- [Flow Matching for Generative Modeling](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2210.02747/) (2022)
- [RoFormer: Enhanced Transformer with Rotary Position Embedding](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2104.09864/) (2021)
- [Flow Straight and Fast: Learning to Generate and Transfer Data with Rectified Flow](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2209.03003/) (2022)
- [Wan: Open and Advanced Large-Scale Video Generative Models](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2503.20314/) (2025)
- [Video Diffusion Models](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2204.03458/) (2022)
- [CogVideoX: Text-to-Video Diffusion Models with An Expert Transformer](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2408.06072/) (2024)
- [Make-A-Video: Text-to-Video Generation without Text-Video Data](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2209.14792/) (2022)
- [HunyuanVideo: A Systematic Framework For Large Video Generative Models](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2412.03603/) (2024)
- [Towards Accurate Generative Models of Video: A New Metric & Challenges](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1812.01717/) (2018)
- [GAIA-1: A Generative World Model for Autonomous Driving](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2309.17080/) (2023)
- [MotionCtrl: A Unified and Flexible Motion Controller for Video Generation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2312.03641/) (2023)
- [CameraCtrl: Enabling Camera Control for Text-to-Video Generation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2404.02101/) (2024)
- [VideoFusion: Decomposed Diffusion Models for High-Quality Video Generation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2303.08320/) (2023)
- [Diffusion Models Are Real-Time Game Engines](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2408.14837/) (2024)
- [ReCamMaster: Camera-Controlled Generative Rendering from A Single Video](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2503.11647/) (2025)
- [LongLive: Real-time Interactive Long Video Generation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2509.22622/) (2025)
- [GAIA-2: A Controllable Multi-View Generative World Model for Autonomous Driving](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2503.20523/) (2025)
- [History-Guided Video Diffusion](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2502.06764/) (2025)
- [WorldMem: Long-term Consistent World Simulation with Memory](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2504.12369/) (2025)
- [Context as Memory: Scene-Consistent Interactive Long Video Generation with Memory Retrieval](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2506.03141/) (2025)
- [Vidu: a Highly Consistent, Dynamic and Skilled Text-to-Video Generator with Diffusion Models](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2405.04233/) (2024)
- [Swap Attention in Spatiotemporal Diffusions for Text-to-Video Generation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2305.10874/) (2023)
- [GameFactory: Creating New Games with Generative Interactive Videos](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2501.08325/) (2025)
- [VMem: Consistent Interactive Video Scene Generation with Surfel-Indexed View Memory](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2506.18903/) (2025)
- [Geometry Forcing: Marrying Video Diffusion and 3D Representation for Consistent World Modeling](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2507.07982/) (2025)
- [The Matrix: Infinite-Horizon World Generation with Real-Time Moving Control](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2412.03568/) (2024)

## Built on by (most cited first, 4 of 4)

- [Addressable Memory for Video World Models](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2608.07408/) (2026)
- [Geometry-Aware Implicit Memory for Video World Models](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2606.02436/) (2026)
- [Retrieve What's Missing: Coverage-Maximizing Retrieval for Consistent Long Video Generation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2606.02479/) (2026)
- [Keepsake: Selective Spatial Memory for Long-Horizon Video Generation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2610.06588/) (2026)

## Abstract (arXiv)

Interactive video generation has significant potential for scene simulation and video creation. However, existing methods often struggle with maintaining scene consistency during long video generation under dynamic camera control due to limited contextual information. To address this challenge, we propose MemCam, a memory-augmented interactive video generation approach that treats previously generated frames as external memory and leverages them as contextual conditioning to achieve controllable camera viewpoints with high scene consistency. To enable longer and more relevant context, we design a context compression module that encodes memory frames into compact representations and employs co-visibility-based selection to dynamically retrieve the most relevant historical frames, thereby reducing computational overhead while enriching contextual information. Experiments on interactive video generation tasks show that MemCam significantly outperforms existing baseline methods as well as open-source state-of-the-art approaches in terms of scene consistency, particularly in long video scenarios with large camera rotations.