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FlowSSC: Universal Generative Monocular Semantic Scene Completion via One-Step Latent Diffusion

arXiv 2601.15250 ↗First posted 21 Jan 2026cs.CV cs.ROcited by 2

On the map: Diffusion models → 3D, point cloud and scene generation

Abstract (arXiv)

Semantic Scene Completion (SSC) from monocular RGB images is a fundamental yet challenging task due to the inherent ambiguity of inferring occluded 3D geometry from a single view. While feed-forward methods have made progress, they often struggle to generate plausible details in occluded regions and preserve the fundamental spatial relationships of objects. Such accurate generative reasoning capability for the entire 3D space is critical in real-world applications. In this paper, we present FlowSSC, the first generative framework applied directly to monocular semantic scene completion. FlowSSC treats the SSC task as a conditional generation problem and can seamlessly integrate with existing feed-forward SSC methods to significantly boost their performance. To achieve real-time inference without compromising quality, we introduce Shortcut Flow-matching that operates in a compact triplane latent space. Unlike standard diffusion models that require hundreds of steps, our method utilizes a shortcut mechanism to achieve high-fidelity generation in a single step, enabling practical deployment in autonomous systems. Extensive experiments on SemanticKITTI demonstrate that FlowSSC achieves state-of-the-art performance, significantly outperforming existing baselines.

Key facts. Cited by 2 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026). Placed in 3D, point cloud and scene generation, one of 14 directions in Diffusion models. Builds on 23 of its 24 references that are in the map. First posted on arXiv 21 Jan 2026.

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  2. 2022Diffusion-SDF: Conditional Generative Modeling of Signed Distance Functions24 Nov
  3. 2021Diffusion Probabilistic Models for 3D Point Cloud Generation2 Mar

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  1. 2023VoxFormer: Sparse Voxel Transformer for Camera-based 3D Semantic Scene Completioncited by 313
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