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A Very Big Video Reasoning Suite

arXiv 2602.20159 ↗First posted 23 Feb 2026cs.CV cs.AI cs.LGcited by 29

On the map: LLM reasoning → Multimodal reasoning

Abstract (arXiv)

Rapid progress in video models has largely focused on visual quality, leaving their reasoning capabilities underexplored. Video reasoning grounds intelligence in spatiotemporally consistent visual environments that go beyond what text can naturally capture, enabling intuitive reasoning over spatiotemporal structure such as continuity, interaction, and causality. However, systematically studying video reasoning and its scaling behavior is hindered by the lack of large-scale training data. To address this gap, we introduce the Very Big Video Reasoning (VBVR) Dataset, an unprecedentedly large-scale resource spanning 200 curated reasoning tasks following a principled taxonomy and over one million video clips, approximately three orders of magnitude larger than existing datasets. We further present VBVR-Bench, a verifiable evaluation framework that moves beyond model-based judging by incorporating rule-based, human-aligned scorers, enabling reproducible and interpretable diagnosis of video reasoning capabilities. Leveraging the VBVR suite, we conduct one of the first large-scale scaling studies of video reasoning and observe early signs of emergent generalization to unseen reasoning tasks. Together, VBVR lays a foundation for the next stage of research in generalizable video reasoning. The data, benchmark toolkit, and models are publicly available at https://video-reason.com/?v=vbvr .

Key facts. Cited by 29 papers in the map (data through 7 Oct 2026). Placed in Multimodal reasoning, one of 17 directions in LLM reasoning. Builds on 26 of its 162 references that are in the map. First posted on arXiv 23 Feb 2026.

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  7. 2025Are Video Models Ready as Zero-Shot Reasoners? An Empirical Study with the MME-CoF Benchmark30 Oct
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  1. 2026SenseNova-U1: Unifying Multimodal Understanding and Generation with NEO-unify Architecturecited by 27
  2. 2026Demystifying Video Reasoningcited by 12
  3. 2026PhyGround: Benchmarking Physical Reasoning in Generative World Modelscited by 10
  4. 2026Video Models Reason Early: Exploiting Plan Commitment for Maze Solvingcited by 9
  5. 2026Video Models Can Reason with Verifiable Rewardscited by 8
  6. 2026EndoCoT: Scaling Endogenous Chain-of-Thought Reasoning in Diffusion Modelscited by 6
  7. 2026WorldReasonBench: Human-Aligned Stress Testing of Video Generators as Future World-State Predictorscited by 6
  8. 2026Physics-IQ Verifiedcited by 6
  9. 2026MME-CoF-Pro: Evaluating Reasoning Coherence in Video Generative Models with Text and Visual Hintscited by 4
  10. 2026CollabVR: Collaborative Video Reasoning with Vision-Language and Video Generation Modelscited by 4
  11. 2026VLMs are Good Teachers for Video Reasoning via Adaptive Test-Time Optimizationcited by 4
  12. 2026Video-MME-Logical: A Controlled Diagnostic Benchmark for Video Temporal-Logical Reasoningcited by 4
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  3. 2026OpenCoF: Learning to Reason Through Video Generationcited by 2
  4. 2026PaintBench: Deterministic Evaluation of Precise Visual Editingcited by 1
  5. 2026Apple-π: Benchmarking Thinking with Video Towards Law-Grounded Physical Intelligencecited by 1
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  8. 2026The Seriality Gap in Video Diffusion Modelscited by 0
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