Kaixin Zhu

World models & generative AI

Kaixin Zhu 朱凯鑫

Learning to generate and understand
the world in 3D and 4D.

I am an MSAI student at Nanyang Technological University and a research assistant at Peking University, working with Prof. Wentao Zhang. I received my B.S. in Artificial Intelligence with First Class Honours from Hong Kong Baptist University.

My research focuses on world models and 3D/4D generation.

I am looking for a PhD position. Feel free to email me ↗

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  1. Open source

    We open-sourced GameFactory-3A, a toolkit for creating games with AI agents.

  2. Education

    Started my MSAI studies at Nanyang Technological University.

  3. Experience

    Joined Unity to work on avatar assets and motion retargeting.

  4. Publication

    3DGen-R1 accepted to CVPR 2026.

  5. Talk

    Presented WideRange4D at TechBeat .

  6. Research

    Joined Peking University as a Research Assistant, working with Prof. Wentao Zhang.

Publications & projects

Research

* Equal contribution
First page of the OpenWorldLib paper
Preprint · 2026

OpenWorldLib: A Unified Codebase and Definition of Advanced World Models

DataFlow Team, Bohan Zeng, Daili Hua*, Kaixin Zhu*, Yifan Dai*, Bozhou Li*, Yuran Wang*, Chengzhuo Tong*, Yifan Yang*, Mingkun Chang*, Jianbin Zhao*, Zhou Liu, Hao Liang, Xiaochen Ma, Ruichuan An, Junbo Niu, Zimo Meng, Tianyi Bai, Meiyi Qiang, Huanyao Zhang, Zhiyou Xiao, Tianyu Guo, Qinhan Yu, Runhao Zhao, Zhengpin Li, Xinyi Huang, Yisheng Pan, Yiwen Tang, Yang Shi, Yue Ding, Xinlong Chen, Hongcheng Gao, Minglei Shi, Jialong Wu, Zekun Wang, Yuanxing Zhang, Xintao Wang, Pengfei Wan, Yiren Song, Mike Zheng Shou, Wentao Zhang

A shared codebase for building and testing world models.

Experience

Jul 2026 — Present

Unity Beijing

3D / 4D · Internship

Working on 3D/4D content and animation.

Mar 2024 — Present

Peking University Beijing

Research Assistant · Advisor: Prof. Wentao Zhang

Research on world models and 3D/4D generation.

Education

Aug 2026 — Aug 2027
Expected completion

Nanyang Technological University

Master of Science in Artificial Intelligence (MSAI)

Sep 2021 — Jun 2025

Hong Kong Baptist University

B.S. in Artificial Intelligence · First Class Honours