PhysiFormer brings realistic physics and squishy dynamics to 3D meshes
Researchers just open-sourced PhysiFormer, a diffusion transformer that simulates real-world 3D mechanics directly on mesh coordinates. Instead of generating rigid, unresponsive shapes, it takes an object's initial mesh, velocity, and material stiffness to predict collisions and jelly-like deformations. It marks a solid step toward geometry-aware physics engines for robotics and graphics.