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

arXiv 2606.11683 ↗First posted 10 Jun 2026cs.CV cs.AIcited by 2

On the map: LLM reasoning → Spatial and embodied reasoning

Abstract (arXiv)

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/

Key facts. Cited by 2 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026). Placed in Spatial and embodied reasoning, one of 17 directions in LLM reasoning. Builds on 31 of its 63 references that are in the map. First posted on arXiv 10 Jun 2026.

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  8. 2025Improved Visual-Spatial Reasoning via R1-Zero-Like Training1 Apr
  9. 2023What's "up" with vision-language models? Investigating their struggle with spatial reasoning30 Oct

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