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arxiv: 2605.07550 · v1 · submitted 2026-05-08 · 💻 cs.CV

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Mind the Gap: Geometrically Accurate Generative Reconstruction from Disjoint Views

Grzegorz Wilczynski , Miko{\l}aj Zielinski , Bartosz \'Swirta , Dominik Belter , Przemys{\l}aw Spurek
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classification 💻 cs.CV
keywords 3D reconstructiondisjoint viewsgenerative modelszero-overlapmulti-view consistencyfoundation modelsswarm robotics
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The pith

A new framework enables accurate 3D reconstruction from completely non-overlapping camera views by synthesizing bridging perspectives.

A machine-rendered reading of the paper's core claim, the machinery that carries it, and where it could break.

Standard 3D reconstruction requires visual overlap between images to align geometry and maintain consistency, but many real situations such as data from separate robots produce entirely separate views with no shared points. The paper defines generative reconstruction from disjoint views as a distinct task, supplies a dataset and metrics to evaluate it, and shows that current methods produce broken geometry or mismatched content. It introduces the GLADOS framework that first generates intermediate views to connect the inputs, then builds a coarse 3D scaffold through global alignment that tolerates local generative errors, and finally refines the model iteratively for overall consistency. If this works, 3D vision systems could operate on independently captured data without any need for coordinated overlapping shots.

Core claim

The paper establishes that existing state-of-the-art reconstruction and generative methods fail on zero-overlap inputs by yielding disconnected surfaces or semantically inconsistent shapes. GLADOS solves the problem through a three-stage process in which foundation models create intermediate perspectives to link the disjoint views, a global alignment step creates a coarse geometric scaffold that absorbs contradictions from the generated images, and iterative expansion plus consistency optimization fills gaps and unifies the final model.

What carries the argument

The GLADOS three-stage pipeline of generative bridging to connect inputs, robust coarse reconstruction via global alignment that absorbs local errors, and iterative context expansion with consistency optimization.

If this is right

  • 3D modeling becomes feasible in distributed settings such as robot swarms or crowdsourced collections where overlapping views cannot be obtained.
  • The modular design permits any improved generative model, reconstruction algorithm, or inpainting technique to be substituted into the pipeline.
  • New dataset and metrics allow direct measurement of reconstruction quality specifically under zero-overlap conditions.
  • Standard methods are shown to produce disconnected geometries or incoherent semantics when inputs lack any shared content.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

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

  • The bridging approach could extend to other sparse-view problems such as completing large scenes from scattered observations taken at different times.
  • Stronger generative models might eventually reduce the need for the alignment stage, leading to simpler end-to-end pipelines.
  • Real-world validation on data with varying lighting or camera types would test how well the error-absorption mechanism holds outside controlled benchmarks.

Load-bearing premise

That the geometric errors created when foundation models synthesize intermediate views can be corrected by later global alignment and consistency steps instead of producing unresolvable contradictions.

What would settle it

Apply GLADOS and baseline methods to a set of real images captured by separate robots with no overlap and check whether the output forms one connected, semantically consistent 3D model while baselines produce disconnected or incoherent results.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2605.07550 by Bartosz \'Swirta, Dominik Belter, Grzegorz Wilczynski, Miko{\l}aj Zielinski, Przemys{\l}aw Spurek.

Figure 1
Figure 1. Figure 1: GLADOS Framework for Generative Reconstruction from Disjoint Views. Our pipeline solves 3D reconstruction across zero-overlap “spatial & semantic gaps.” First, Generative Spatial Bridging uses VLM reasoning to synthesize intermediate transition frames, establishing a continuous visual link. Next, Robust Coarse Initialization builds an initial 3D scaffold from this augmented sequence. Finally, High-Fidelity… view at source ↗
Figure 2
Figure 2. Figure 2: The pipeline consists of three main stages. First, [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p004_2.png] view at source ↗
Figure 3
Figure 3. Figure 3: Using the same input and midpoint im￾ages, VistaDream exhibits residual geometric voids (t = 139) and textural blur (t = 165). GLADOS eliminates these artifacts, producing a high-fidelity, complete 3D scene. Foundation Models for Geometry and Align￾ment. Significant progress has also been made in learning robust, pixel-level geomet￾ric priors from massive datasets. Models like Dust3r [3] reframe 3D reconst… view at source ↗
Figure 4
Figure 4. Figure 4: Comparison of the reconstruction consistency between GLADOS and other methods. Purely reconstruction methods (Dust3R, VGGT, AnySplat) fail to produce consistent scene, with major artifacts even for observed regions (t0, t199). VistaDream produces less coherent results (left) or fails entirely in generating probable scene (right). rendered views from the updated scene are simultaneously injected with noise … view at source ↗
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Figure 5. Figure 5: Qualitative Ablation Results. The left four columns show views of the Truck scene from the Tanks and Temples dataset, while the right four columns depict results for Scene 185 from the RealEstate10k dataset. 15 [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p015_5.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 6. Figure 6: Comparison of the final reconstruction between GLADOS and other methods. Purely reconstruction methods (Dust3R, VGGT, AnySplat) produce solid results for seen regions (red), they cannot fill in the gaps that are the result of disjoint constraint (green). VistaDream can generate missing geometry, but despite being visually good it is semantically improbable, half of the table behind glass wall and very smal… view at source ↗
Figure 7
Figure 7. Figure 7: On the left self captured scene library, on the right scene 185 from RE10K 16 [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p016_7.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 8. Figure 8: On the left scene 15 from RE10K, on the right scene 17 from RE10K [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p017_8.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 9. Figure 9: On the left scene 25 from RE10K, on the right scene 357 from RE10K E Broader Impact This work introduces a new paradigm for coherent 3D reconstruction from spatially disjoint ob￾servations, enabling reconstruction in scenarios where traditional overlap-based methods fail. The proposed framework has potential positive impact across several domains. In robotics and autonomous exploration, the ability to infe… view at source ↗
read the original abstract

3D vision systems are fundamentally constrained by their reliance on visual overlap: reconstruction methods require it for geometric alignment, while generative models use it to enforce multi-view consistency. This limitation is particularly acute in real-world scenarios such as distributed swarm robotics or crowd-sourced data collection, where capturing overlapping perspectives, both in terms of spatial and appearance overlap, is often impossible. We introduce Generative Reconstruction from Disjoint Views as a new paradigm, establish a comprehensive dataset, and propose specialized evaluation metrics for zero-overlap scenarios. Our benchmarking demonstrates that existing state-of-the-art methods fail catastrophically on this task, producing disconnected geometries or semantically incoherent reconstructions. To address these limitations, we propose GLADOS, a general, modular framework that operates through three stages: (1) Generative Bridging, where foundation models synthesize intermediate perspectives to connect disjoint inputs; (2) Robust Coarse 3D Reconstruction, that establish coarse geometric scaffold via global alignment which absorbs local contradictions from generative process; and (3) Iterative Context Expansion and Consistency Optimization to fill missing regions and unify the reconstruction. As an architectureagnostic framework, GLADOS enables seamless integration of future advances in generation, reconstruction, and inpainting. The source code is available at: https://github.com/gwilczynski95/GLADOS.

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Referee Report

3 major / 2 minor

Summary. The manuscript claims that 3D vision systems are limited by reliance on visual overlap for both reconstruction and generative consistency, introduces Generative Reconstruction from Disjoint Views as a new paradigm for zero-overlap scenarios (e.g., swarm robotics), establishes a dataset and specialized metrics, demonstrates catastrophic failure of existing SOTA methods, and proposes the GLADOS framework with three stages: (1) generative bridging via foundation models to synthesize intermediates, (2) robust coarse 3D reconstruction via global alignment to absorb local contradictions, and (3) iterative context expansion and consistency optimization to unify the output. The framework is presented as modular and architecture-agnostic, with source code released.

Significance. If the central claims hold, the work would meaningfully expand 3D reconstruction to practical non-overlapping capture settings and provide a reusable benchmark via the new dataset and metrics. The release of source code is a clear strength for reproducibility, and the modular design allows future integration of improved generative or reconstruction components. However, the absence of quantitative bounds on error propagation from generative bridging reduces the immediate impact.

major comments (3)
  1. Abstract and GLADOS framework description: the central claim that global alignment in stage (2) absorbs local geometric contradictions from generative bridging (stage 1) without creating irresolvable inconsistencies (e.g., contradictory depths or object placements) is load-bearing but unsupported by any quantitative error bounds, tolerance thresholds, or failure-mode analysis for the zero-overlap regime; if absorption fails, stage (3) has no viable scaffold.
  2. Iterative Context Expansion and Consistency Optimization stage: the optimization is described only at a high level with no equations, algorithmic pseudocode, or convergence criteria, making it impossible to verify how it enforces geometric accuracy or resolves contradictions introduced by foundation-model synthesis.
  3. Benchmarking claims in Abstract: the assertion that SOTA methods 'fail catastrophically' (producing disconnected geometries or incoherent reconstructions) is used to motivate the new paradigm but lacks any cited quantitative results, specific metrics (e.g., Chamfer distance, IoU), or ablation tables in the provided description, weakening the justification for GLADOS.
minor comments (2)
  1. Abstract: the GLADOS acronym is introduced without expansion on first use.
  2. The manuscript would benefit from a dedicated related-work subsection contrasting GLADOS with prior multi-view generative reconstruction methods that assume partial overlap.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

3 responses · 0 unresolved

We thank the referee for the constructive and detailed feedback. The comments highlight important areas where the presentation can be strengthened, particularly around quantitative support and clarity in the abstract and framework description. We address each major comment below and will incorporate revisions accordingly.

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  1. Referee: Abstract and GLADOS framework description: the central claim that global alignment in stage (2) absorbs local geometric contradictions from generative bridging (stage 1) without creating irresolvable inconsistencies (e.g., contradictory depths or object placements) is load-bearing but unsupported by any quantitative error bounds, tolerance thresholds, or failure-mode analysis for the zero-overlap regime; if absorption fails, stage (3) has no viable scaffold.

    Authors: We agree that the abstract is high-level and does not include explicit quantitative bounds or failure-mode analysis. The full manuscript (Section 3.2) describes the robust global alignment using outlier-robust optimization that tolerates local generative inconsistencies, with empirical validation on the proposed dataset showing successful absorption in the zero-overlap setting. However, we acknowledge the value of adding formal bounds and analysis. We will revise the abstract to reference these aspects and add a new subsection with derived tolerance thresholds, error propagation analysis, and identified failure cases where stage (3) may not fully resolve issues. revision: yes

  2. Referee: Iterative Context Expansion and Consistency Optimization stage: the optimization is described only at a high level with no equations, algorithmic pseudocode, or convergence criteria, making it impossible to verify how it enforces geometric accuracy or resolves contradictions introduced by foundation-model synthesis.

    Authors: The full manuscript (Section 3.3) formalizes this stage with a consistency optimization objective and iterative procedure. To improve accessibility and verifiability, we will expand the framework overview in the revised manuscript to include the key equations for the geometric consistency loss, pseudocode for the iterative expansion algorithm, and convergence criteria based on stabilization of the multi-view consistency metric below a defined threshold. revision: yes

  3. Referee: Benchmarking claims in Abstract: the assertion that SOTA methods 'fail catastrophically' (producing disconnected geometries or incoherent reconstructions) is used to motivate the new paradigm but lacks any cited quantitative results, specific metrics (e.g., Chamfer distance, IoU), or ablation tables in the provided description, weakening the justification for GLADOS.

    Authors: The abstract summarizes results detailed in Section 4 and Table 2, where SOTA methods exhibit catastrophic failures with Chamfer distances orders of magnitude higher and IoU scores below 0.2 due to disconnected components. We will update the abstract to explicitly cite these quantitative metrics (Chamfer distance and IoU) and reference the relevant table and ablation studies to strengthen the motivation and justification. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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No circularity: engineering composition of independent components

full rationale

The paper introduces GLADOS as a modular three-stage pipeline (generative bridging via foundation models, robust coarse reconstruction with global alignment, and iterative consistency optimization) without any equations, fitted parameters, or derivations that reduce claimed outputs to inputs by construction. Benchmarking of existing methods' failures and the new zero-overlap dataset/metrics are presented as empirical contributions rather than self-referential predictions. No self-citation chains or uniqueness theorems are invoked to justify core choices; the framework is explicitly architecture-agnostic and relies on external advances in generation and reconstruction.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

0 free parameters · 1 axioms · 1 invented entities

The central claim depends on the unverified premise that generative models produce intermediates whose geometric inaccuracies can be tolerated by global alignment; no free parameters or new physical entities are introduced in the abstract.

axioms (1)
  • domain assumption Foundation models can synthesize intermediate perspectives that preserve sufficient geometric structure for subsequent alignment despite local inaccuracies
    Invoked in the Generative Bridging stage to connect disjoint inputs
invented entities (1)
  • GLADOS framework no independent evidence
    purpose: Modular three-stage pipeline for disjoint-view reconstruction
    Newly proposed architecture-agnostic system composed of generative bridging, coarse reconstruction, and iterative optimization

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