Reason, Then Re-reason: Cross-view Revisiting Improves Spatial Reasoning

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A training-free framework for spatial reasoning from egocentric videos that enables revisiting conclusions through synthesized novel-view videos generated from predicted 3D geometry.

Spatial reasoning from egocentric videos is inherently challenging because the observable evidence is constrained by the camera trajectory. Existing methods rely on single-turn inference, forcing models to resolve geometric ambiguity through semantic priors rather than verifiable evidence. We argue that spatial reasoning should be revisitable: conclusions formed under limited evidence should remain open to revision when complementary viewpoints become available. Building on this insight, we propose Reason, then Re-reason (ReRe), a training-free, inference-time framework with two phases: in the Reason Phase, an MLLM forms a spatial hypothesis from the original video; in the Re-reason Phase, it verifies or revises the hypothesis by observing a synthesized novel-view video. To enable effective cross-view revisiting, we design a Geometry-to-Video pipeline that renders strategically complementary novel views from predicted 3D geometry. These views feature an elevated, oblique perspective with scene-spanning coverage, while preserving the MLLM's native video interface without architectural modifications. Extensive evaluations on VSI-Bench and STI-Bench demonstrate that ReRe substantially boosts open-source MLLMs to rival proprietary state-of-the-art performance. Project page: https://zhenjiemao.github.io/ReRe/
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A training-free framework for spatial reasoning from egocentric videos that enables revisiting conclusions through synthesized novel-view videos generated from predicted 3D geometry.

Spatial reasoningfromegocentric videosis inherently challenging because the observable evidence is constrained by the camera trajectory. Existing methods rely on single-turn inference, forcing models to resolve geometric ambiguity through semantic priors rather than verifiable evidence. We argue thatspatial reasoningshould be revisitable: conclusions formed under limited evidence should remain open to revision when complementary viewpoints become available. Building on this insight, we propose Reason, then Re-reason (ReRe), a training-free, inference-time framework with two phases: in the Reason Phase, anMLLMforms aspatial hypothesisfrom the original video; in the Re-reason Phase, it verifies or revises the hypothesis by observing a synthesizednovel-view video. To enable effectivecross-view revisiting, we design aGeometry-to-Video pipelinethat renders strategically complementary novel views from predicted3D geometry. These views feature an elevated, oblique perspective with scene-spanning coverage, while preserving theMLLM’s native video interface without architectural modifications. Extensive evaluations onVSI-BenchandSTI-Benchdemonstrate that ReRe substantially boosts open-sourceMLLMs to rival proprietary state-of-the-art performance. Project page: https://zhenjiemao.github.io/ReRe/

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