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arxiv: 2603.11633 · v2 · submitted 2026-03-12 · 💻 cs.CV

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MV-SAM3D: Adaptive Multi-View Fusion for Layout-Aware 3D Generation

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MV-SAM3D fuses multiple views into physically plausible 3D scenes without any retraining.

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This paper presents MV-SAM3D to generate 3D scenes from several images at once while keeping objects in realistic spatial arrangements. It extends single-view methods by combining observations from different viewpoints in a shared 3D space using a multi-diffusion process. Two weighting strategies based on attention entropy and visibility allow more reliable views to contribute more to the final model. Physics constraints are enforced to prevent objects from overlapping or appearing to float. The entire process requires no additional training and leads to better matching of real-world layouts on benchmarks and practical scenes.

Core claim

MV-SAM3D formulates the combination of multiple views as a Multi-Diffusion process in 3D latent space. It introduces attention-entropy weighting and visibility weighting to fuse information according to each view's reliability. For scenes containing multiple objects, physics-aware optimization enforces collision and contact constraints both while generating and after, which produces arrangements that follow basic physical rules.

What carries the argument

The Multi-Diffusion process in 3D latent space together with adaptive attention-entropy and visibility weighting for fusion, plus physics-aware optimization to enforce collision and contact constraints.

If this is right

  • Generated 3D scenes maintain geometric consistency when checked from the original input viewpoints.
  • Object placements avoid common errors like interpenetration and floating positions.
  • The method works directly on real-world multi-object scenes using only standard benchmarks for validation.
  • Performance gains occur in both reconstruction accuracy and layout realism without any model updates.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • Similar weighting and constraint approaches could be applied to video-based 3D reconstruction for temporal consistency.
  • The training-free nature allows quick integration with newer single-view generators as they become available.
  • Improved physical realism may make the outputs more suitable for simulation and robotics tasks where object interactions matter.

Load-bearing premise

The attention-entropy and visibility weighting plus the physics optimization will consistently deliver reliable and plausible 3D layouts from any arbitrary collection of input views without adding new errors or needing manual tuning for each scene.

What would settle it

Running the system on a set of views showing two objects that should touch but not overlap, then checking if the output 3D model has the objects penetrating each other or one floating above the surface.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2603.11633 by Baicheng Li, Dong Wu, Hongbin Zha, Jun Li, Lusong Li, Shunkai Zhou, Zecui Zeng.

Figure 1
Figure 1. Figure 1: MV-SAM3D enables multi-view, layout-aware 3D generation with physical plausibility. Left: A representative scene-level reconstruction, where each generated 3D object is overlaid onto the scene point cloud. Top right: Single-view generation pro￾duces hallucinated side appearance, while our adaptive multi-view fusion yields faithful reconstruction by leveraging complementary observations. Bottom right: Indep… view at source ↗
Figure 2
Figure 2. Figure 2: Overview of MV-SAM3D. Given multi-view images with segmentation masks and DA3-estimated pointmaps, our framework first performs per-object 3D gen￾eration by fusing flow matching velocities from each viewpoint with adaptive weight￾ing (cross-attention entropy and geometric visibility). Multi-object composition is then achieved through layout injection during generation and post-generation pose refine￾ment, … view at source ↗
Figure 3
Figure 3. Figure 3: Attention-entropy visualization. For a plush toy observed from three view￾points, we visualize the per-point cross-attention entropy. Regions directly visible from a given view exhibit low entropy (blue), while occluded regions show high entropy (red), confirming that attention entropy serves as a reliable implicit indicator of observation confidence. Concretely, for each viewpoint i and each latent point … view at source ↗
Figure 4
Figure 4. Figure 4: Effect of entropy weighting. A plush toy observed from 6 views (5 frontal, 1 rear capturing the tail and a black label). Simple averaging: tail shape is wrong and the black label is missing. Entropy in Stage 1 only: correct structure emerges but label texture is white. Entropy in both stages: both structure and texture faithfully match the observation, confirming that entropy weighting is essential in both… view at source ↗
Figure 5
Figure 5. Figure 5: Effect of visibility weighting. A medicine box with distinct front/back textures. Entropy weighting only: front and back textures are mixed due to the symmetric structure confusing implicit matching. Entropy + visibility weighting: front and back appearances are correctly separated, with each face faithfully reflecting the observed texture. As shown in [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p009_5.png] view at source ↗
Figure 6
Figure 6. Figure 6: Qualitative comparison with single-view methods on GSO. [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p012_6.png] view at source ↗
Figure 7
Figure 7. Figure 7: Qualitative comparison with EscherNet on GSO. [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p013_7.png] view at source ↗
Figure 8
Figure 8. Figure 8: Multi-object scene composition. Comparison of SAM3D, MV-SAM3D without pose optimization, and full MV-SAM3D. SAM3D produces geometric errors and layout artifacts (collisions, floating). Multi-view fusion improves per-object geom￾etry but layout issues persist. Our full pipeline achieves both faithful geometry and physically plausible object arrangements [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p014_8.png] view at source ↗
read the original abstract

Recent unified 3D generation models have made remarkable progress in producing high-quality 3D assets from a single image. Notably, layout-aware approaches such as SAM3D can reconstruct multiple objects while preserving their spatial arrangement, opening the door to practical scene-level 3D generation. However, current methods are limited to single-view input and cannot leverage complementary multi-view observations, while independently estimated object poses often lead to physically implausible layouts such as interpenetration and floating artifacts. We present MV-SAM3D, a training-free framework that extends layout-aware 3D generation with multi-view consistency and physical plausibility. We formulate multi-view fusion as a Multi-Diffusion process in 3D latent space and propose two adaptive weighting strategies -- attention-entropy weighting and visibility weighting -- that enable confidence-aware fusion, ensuring each viewpoint contributes according to its local observation reliability. For multi-object composition, we introduce physics-aware optimization that injects collision and contact constraints both during and after generation, yielding physically plausible object arrangements. Experiments on standard benchmarks and real-world multi-object scenes demonstrate significant improvements in reconstruction fidelity and layout plausibility, all without any additional training. Code is available at https://github.com/devinli123/MV-SAM3D.

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Referee Report

3 major / 1 minor

Summary. The manuscript introduces MV-SAM3D, a training-free framework extending layout-aware 3D generation (e.g., SAM3D) to multi-view inputs. It formulates fusion as Multi-Diffusion in 3D latent space with two adaptive weighting strategies (attention-entropy weighting, where higher entropy receives lower weight, and visibility weighting) for confidence-aware combination of views, plus physics-aware optimization that injects collision and contact constraints during and after generation to produce plausible multi-object layouts. Experiments on standard benchmarks and real-world scenes are claimed to show improvements in reconstruction fidelity and layout plausibility without any additional training.

Significance. If the central claims hold with supporting quantitative evidence, the work would be significant for practical scene-level 3D generation. It directly addresses single-view limitations such as pose-induced implausibilities and lack of cross-view consistency by providing a training-free pipeline that leverages complementary observations and enforces physical constraints. The open availability of code further strengthens potential impact on applications in AR/VR and robotics.

major comments (3)
  1. [Abstract] Abstract: the claim of 'significant improvements in reconstruction fidelity and layout plausibility' is load-bearing for the central contribution yet provides no quantitative metrics, baseline comparisons, error analysis, or ablation results on the weighting strategies or physics optimization.
  2. [Method] Method (multi-view fusion section): the Multi-Diffusion formulation in 3D latent space and the precise integration of attention-entropy weighting plus visibility weighting lack explicit equations or derivation; without these it is unclear how the proxies ensure alignment when pose estimates contain errors or view overlap is limited.
  3. [Experiments] Experiments: no robustness analysis or failure-mode discussion is provided for cases where independent pose estimates are inaccurate, which could cause the entropy/visibility heuristics to overweight conflicting signals and produce artifact-laden latents before physics optimization is applied.
minor comments (1)
  1. The abstract and method descriptions would benefit from explicit cross-references to any equations defining the weighting functions and the physics constraints.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

3 responses · 0 unresolved

We thank the referee for the constructive feedback. We address each major comment below and will revise the manuscript accordingly to strengthen clarity and completeness.

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  1. Referee: [Abstract] Abstract: the claim of 'significant improvements in reconstruction fidelity and layout plausibility' is load-bearing for the central contribution yet provides no quantitative metrics, baseline comparisons, error analysis, or ablation results on the weighting strategies or physics optimization.

    Authors: We agree that the abstract should be supported by concrete numbers. In the revision we will insert key quantitative results (e.g., fidelity gains in PSNR/SSIM and reductions in collision rate versus SAM3D) drawn directly from the experiments section, together with a brief mention of the ablation findings on the weighting and physics terms. revision: yes

  2. Referee: [Method] Method (multi-view fusion section): the Multi-Diffusion formulation in 3D latent space and the precise integration of attention-entropy weighting plus visibility weighting lack explicit equations or derivation; without these it is unclear how the proxies ensure alignment when pose estimates contain errors or view overlap is limited.

    Authors: The current text describes the weighting strategies at a high level but does not supply the full set of update equations or a derivation. We will add the explicit Multi-Diffusion fusion equation, the definitions of the attention-entropy and visibility weights, and a short derivation showing how the combined weights down-weight inconsistent or low-visibility observations, thereby improving robustness to moderate pose error. revision: yes

  3. Referee: [Experiments] Experiments: no robustness analysis or failure-mode discussion is provided for cases where independent pose estimates are inaccurate, which could cause the entropy/visibility heuristics to overweight conflicting signals and produce artifact-laden latents before physics optimization is applied.

    Authors: We acknowledge the absence of a dedicated robustness study. We will add a new subsection that (i) quantifies performance under controlled pose noise, (ii) visualizes failure cases where conflicting views produce artifacts, and (iii) demonstrates how the subsequent physics-aware optimization mitigates many of these artifacts. This analysis will be supported by additional quantitative tables and qualitative examples. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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No circularity: framework extends prior models via independent heuristics and optimization

full rationale

The paper describes MV-SAM3D as a training-free extension that formulates fusion as multi-diffusion in 3D latent space, applies attention-entropy and visibility weighting heuristics, and adds physics-aware optimization for constraints. No equations, predictions, or central claims reduce by construction to quantities fitted from the same work or to self-citations whose validity depends on the current paper. The method is presented as a composition of existing diffusion processes with new weighting rules and post-processing, with performance claims supported by external benchmark experiments rather than internal redefinitions. This keeps the derivation chain self-contained and non-circular.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

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Abstract-only review yields no explicit free parameters, axioms, or invented entities; the weighting strategies and physics constraints are presented as algorithmic additions rather than new theoretical primitives.

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