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arxiv: 2606.10839 · v2 · pith:KTLR35JWnew · submitted 2026-06-09 · 💻 cs.CV

HarmoView: Harmonizing Multi-View Constraints for Identity-Consistent Video Generation

Cong Wang , Zhentao Yu , Hongmei Wang , Weicong Liang , Zixiang Zhou , Zilin Yang , Jiarong Ou , Rui Chen
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classification 💻 cs.CV
keywords identity-consistent video generationmulti-view referencesdiffusion transformersfeature injectionprogressive curriculumviewpoint changesproxy tokens
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The pith

HarmoView integrates multi-view references into video generators to keep subject appearance stable across large viewpoint shifts.

A machine-rendered reading of the paper's core claim, the machinery that carries it, and where it could break.

Current methods lose identity fidelity when camera angles change substantially during video synthesis. HarmoView tackles this by feeding multiple reference views into a diffusion transformer through three targeted changes plus a gradual training schedule. Multi-level Feature Injection supplies low-level appearance anchors from frontal references, proxy tokens standardize varying numbers of input views, and Jump-RoPE isolates features to limit crosstalk. A four-stage curriculum with view dropout transitions the model from ordinary text-to-video generation to spatial multi-view reasoning without erasing prior capabilities, supported by a newly built large-scale multi-view dataset.

Core claim

HarmoView shows that multi-view reference inputs can be harmonized for identity-consistent video generation by injecting raw ViT features at multiple levels, unifying heterogeneous layouts with learnable proxy tokens, isolating identity features via Jump-RoPE, and applying a four-stage Progressive View Curriculum with view dropout, all while preserving the base model's generative priors, yielding performance that exceeds open-source baselines and matches leading closed-source systems on a 100-case benchmark across 52 identities.

What carries the argument

Multi-level Feature Injection anchors low-level appearance by routing frontal ViT features through cross-attention alongside text tokens, paired with learnable proxy tokens that unify single- and multi-view layouts and Jump-RoPE that isolates identity-wise features.

If this is right

  • Models can accept any combination of one or more reference views without layout conflicts.
  • Identity preservation holds under large viewpoint changes that previously caused drift.
  • Staged training with view dropout enables stable addition of multi-view capability.
  • A dedicated multi-view dataset removes the main data bottleneck for this task.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • The same injection and proxy mechanisms might transfer to other conditional generation settings that require multiple reference images.
  • Open models could close the gap with closed-source video engines on identity tasks if similar curricula become standard.
  • View dropout during fine-tuning may help other consistency problems such as temporal coherence or style transfer.

Load-bearing premise

The new modules and curriculum can be added to the base model without degrading its original text-to-video performance and the constructed multi-view dataset supplies enough variety to train effective spatial reasoning.

What would settle it

On the paper's 100-case multi-view benchmark, HarmoView produces identity-consistency scores no higher than current open-source baselines.

read the original abstract

Current identity-consistent video generation methods struggle to preserve appearance fidelity under large viewpoint changes. While introducing multi-view reference input offers a natural solution, progress remains constrained by the lack of effective frameworks for multi-view inputs and the scarcity of multi-view data. We address these challenges by proposing HarmoView, a robust framework for identity-consistent video generation that effectively integrates multi-view cues through three architectural refinements complemented by a staged training curriculum. Specifically, we first introduce Multi-level Feature Injection to anchor identity fidelity; by injecting raw ViT features from frontal references alongside text tokens via cross-attention, MFI provides persistent low-level appearance anchors that complement the high-level identity features within DiT blocks, leading to enhanced identity preservation. Then, we employ learnable proxy tokens to unify heterogeneous reference layouts across single-/multi-view settings while simultaneously resolving the reference-view mismatch problem. Jump-RoPE is further developed for identity-wise feature isolation to reduce identity crosstalk. To activate these structural capabilities while preserving the original generative priors, we propose the Progressive View Curriculum. This four-stage training strategy employs view dropout to facilitate a stable transition from vanilla T2V generation to high-fidelity, identity-persistent spatial reasoning. Furthermore, we construct a large-scale multi-view dataset to address the issue of data scarcity. Extensive evaluation on our multi-view benchmark, comprising 100 manually-curated cases spanning 52 unique identities, demonstrates that HarmoView significantly outperforms open-source baselines and matches leading closed-source engines, achieving state-of-the-art performance in identity-consistent video generation.

Editorial analysis

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Referee Report

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Summary. The manuscript presents HarmoView, a framework for identity-consistent video generation from multi-view references. It introduces Multi-level Feature Injection (MFI) to inject raw ViT features from frontal references via cross-attention, learnable proxy tokens to unify single-/multi-view layouts and resolve reference-view mismatch, Jump-RoPE for identity-wise feature isolation to reduce crosstalk, and a four-stage Progressive View Curriculum with view dropout to transition from vanilla T2V to multi-view generation while preserving generative priors. A large-scale multi-view dataset is constructed to address data scarcity. The method is evaluated on a manually-curated 100-case benchmark spanning 52 identities and is claimed to significantly outperform open-source baselines while matching leading closed-source engines.

Significance. If the performance claims hold with rigorous evidence, the work would address a key challenge in video generation—maintaining appearance fidelity under large viewpoint changes—through a combination of architectural refinements and a staged curriculum. The explicit design to avoid harming base model priors via the curriculum and the construction of a multi-view dataset are positive elements that could support broader adoption if substantiated.

major comments (1)
  1. [Abstract / Evaluation] The central claim of SOTA performance on the 100-case benchmark (Abstract) is unsupported by any reported metrics, baseline comparisons, ablation studies, error bars, or statistical tests. This absence makes it impossible to verify the effectiveness of MFI, proxy tokens, Jump-RoPE, or the Progressive View Curriculum and is load-bearing for the paper's primary contribution.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for the detailed review and for identifying the critical need for quantitative substantiation of our performance claims. We address the comment below and will revise the manuscript accordingly.

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  1. Referee: [Abstract / Evaluation] The central claim of SOTA performance on the 100-case benchmark (Abstract) is unsupported by any reported metrics, baseline comparisons, ablation studies, error bars, or statistical tests. This absence makes it impossible to verify the effectiveness of MFI, proxy tokens, Jump-RoPE, or the Progressive View Curriculum and is load-bearing for the paper's primary contribution.

    Authors: We agree that the current version of the manuscript does not include the requested quantitative elements. The abstract states the SOTA claim based on the 100-case benchmark, but no numerical metrics, tables, ablations, error bars, or statistical tests are reported to support it. In the revised manuscript we will add a dedicated quantitative evaluation section containing: (1) tables with identity-consistency metrics (e.g., ArcFace cosine similarity, CLIP-I), video quality metrics, and user-study results against open-source baselines and closed-source engines; (2) component-wise ablations for MFI, proxy tokens, Jump-RoPE, and the Progressive View Curriculum; (3) error bars across multiple runs where appropriate; and (4) statistical significance tests. These additions will make the claims verifiable and directly demonstrate the contribution of each proposed technique. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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No significant circularity; derivation is descriptive and self-contained

full rationale

The paper presents a descriptive framework of architectural modules (MFI, proxy tokens, Jump-RoPE) and a staged curriculum plus a new dataset. No equations, derivations, fitted parameters renamed as predictions, or load-bearing self-citations appear in the text. Performance claims rest on external empirical evaluation against baselines on a manually curated benchmark rather than any internal reduction by construction. This is the normal non-circular case for an applied CV methods paper.

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