ViMax: Agentic Video Generation
On the map: LLM agents and tool use → Multimodal and embodied agents
Abstract (arXiv)
Long-form video generation requires systematic narrative planning and visual consistency that current short-clip methods cannot provide. Existing methods generate isolated sequences without narrative structure and lack mechanisms for maintaining character and environmental consistency across scenes. We present ViMax, an agentic video generation framework that addresses video creation through coordinated multi-agent collaboration where specialized components negotiate narrative decisions, visual continuity, and production quality. Our framework employs a hierarchical narrative engine with retrieval-augmented generation for global story coherence and a dependency-aware visual consistency mechanism that tracks character and environmental states across temporal boundaries, while VLM-guided agents continuously monitor and refine both narrative coherence and visual fidelity. The framework enables coordinated agent collaboration to generate extended narrative content. This maintains both storytelling integrity and visual coherence across multi-scene timelines.
Key facts. Cited by 11 papers in the map (data through 7 Oct 2026). Placed in Multimodal and embodied agents, one of 16 directions in LLM agents and tool use. Builds on 29 of its 37 references that are in the map. First posted on arXiv 2 Jun 2026.
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29 of 37 references.
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Citing papers per year: 2026: 11.
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- 2026Don't Read the Log: Execution Traces Contaminate Verifiers in Video-Generation Agentscited by 0
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- 2026DramaChain Bench: An End-to-End Benchmark for Short-Drama Generation1 Sep 2026
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- 2026Thinking on Shots: Consistent Multi-Shot Video Editing with Agentic Reasoning27 Aug 2026
- 2026VA-Judger: Reward Modeling from Human Preference Feedback for Joint Video-Audio Generation19 Aug 2026
- 2026StateFlow: Building, Evolving, and Accessing 3D World States for Previsualization12 Aug 2026
- 2026FilmWorld: Agentic Novel-to-Film Generation through Dynamic Cinematic World Modeling21 Jul 2026
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