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  1. 2D Spatial Reasoning with Adaptive Neural Cellular Automata

    Oct 6, 2026Martin Spitznagel, Janis KeuperNeural Cellular AutomataVisual Spatial Reasoning

    Institute for Machine Learning and Analytics (IMLA), Offenburg University, Germany · University of Mannheim, Germany

  2. Render to Reason: Novel-View Semantic Prediction Improves Spatial Understanding in VLMs

    Oct 4, 2026Yuqun Wu, Yao Xiao, Chuhang Zou +2Visual Spatial Reasoning3D VQA

    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign · Meta

  3. Fine-Tuning VLM for Enhancing AI's Spatial Intelligence: Understanding 3D and 2D Rotations

    Oct 3, 2026Uttamasha Monjoree, Wei YanVisual Spatial Reasoning3D Spatial Reasoning

    Department of Architecture Texas A&M University College Station, USA

  4. KilometerVision: A New Frontier for Large-Scale Spatial Intelligence in VLMs

    Sep 30, 2026Aravindh Mahendran, Michael King, Matthew Koichi Grimes +12Spatial Reasoning BenchmarksVisual Spatial Reasoning

    Google DeepMind, Berlin, Germany · Google DeepMind, London, UK · Princeton University, Princeton, USA +3

  5. Uruqi: Learning Spatial Cognition from Visual Experience

    Sep 30, 2026Shichao Li, Meiqi Wang, Fei Su +1Spatial Reasoning BenchmarksVisual Spatial Reasoning

    Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications · Tsinghua University

  6. Soft Spatial Reasoning

    Sep 30, 2026Rafi Ibn Sultan, Md. Sajid Alam Chowdhury, Saleh Zare Zade +4Visual Spatial ReasoningVLM Reasoning

    Department of Computer Science, Wayne State University · Department of Radiation Oncology, Henry Ford Health · Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The Ohio State University +1

  7. SpatialCORE: Confidence-Aware Grounded Spatial Reasoning in Large Vision--Language Models

    Sep 30, 2026Rafi Ibn Sultan, Xiangyu Zhou, Md. Sajid Alam Chowdhury +4Visual Spatial ReasoningLarge Vision-Language Models

    Department of Computer Science, Wayne State University · Department of Radiation Oncology, Henry Ford Health · Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The Ohio State University +1

  8. GaugeVLM: Structuring Spatial Supervision with Measured Geometric Interventions

    Sep 29, 2026Hongbo Wang, Zihan Lin, Wenkui Yang +5Visual Spatial ReasoningDirect Preference Optimization

    NLPR & MAIS, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences · School of Artificial Intelligence, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences · School of Advanced Interdisciplinary Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences +2

  9. Spatial-OPSD: Self-Improving Spatial Reasoning via Label-Free Self-Distillation

    Sep 29, 2026Zhenyu Liu, Zhangquan Chen, Keyi Chen +4Visual Spatial Reasoning3D Spatial Reasoning

    Tsinghua University · LMMs-Lab · Xi’an Jiaotong University

  10. LeRF: Learning Reference Coordinate Frames for Perspective Taking Reasoning

    Sep 28, 2026Bang Xiao, Wenqi Jia, Ozgur Kara +5Visual Spatial ReasoningVisual Reasoning

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · Zhiyuan College, Shanghai Jiao Tong University · University of California, Merced +2

  11. Who Is Left of Whom? Tracing Spatial Evidence and Role Binding in Relative-Position Reasoning

    Sep 28, 2026Yingjin Song, Denis Paperno, Albert GattVisual Spatial ReasoningRelational Reasoning

    Utrecht University Utrecht, The Netherlands

  12. VCN-Bench: A Video-Contextualized Navigation Benchmark for Spatial Reasoning over Prior Visual Experience

    Sep 28, 2026Siqi Zhang, Meng Wei, Chenyang Wan +6Visual NavigationSpatial Reasoning Benchmarks

    Tongji University · The University of Hong Kong · Zhejiang University +2

  13. Long Time No See: Benchmarking VLMs for Out-of-Sight Spatiotemporal Reasoning in Egocentric Videos

    Sep 28, 2026Fangzhou Ma, Ivo Alexander Ban, Eren Homburg +5Temporal Video GroundingVisual Spatial Reasoning

    ETH Zurich · Microsoft Spatial AI Lab · Bocconi University

  14. Geometric Encoding for Spatial Reasoning in Vision-Language Models

    Sep 28, 2026Antonio Jun, Haoshui Yu, Zhengyi Lu +2Visual Spatial ReasoningVLM Reasoning

    School of Arts and Sciences New York University New York City, United States · Dept. of Engineering and Computer Science Oakland University Rochester, United States

  15. SpatialSkill: Self-Evolving Skills for Cross-View Spatial Reasoning

    Sep 28, 2026Ruifan Zuo, Guocheng Hu, Wanshui Gan +3Visual Spatial ReasoningVLM Reasoning

    Shandong University · Shanghai AI Laboratory · Zhiyang Innovation Co., Ltd.

  16. SpatialSpeak: QA-Native Reconstruction with Local and Global Context for Spatial Chain-of-Thought Reasoning

    Sep 27, 2026Yang Cao, Jiaxin Zhang, Dave Zhenyu Chen +4Visual Spatial Reasoning3D Spatial Reasoning

    Hong Kong University of Science and Technology · Harbin Institute of Technology · Huawei Noah’s Ark Lab

  17. INTCORT: Training-Free Spatial Reasoning Enhancement for Vision-Language Models via Input Transformations and Confidence Routing

    Sep 21, 2026Haoran Sun, Jingqi Xu, Yanhui Li +3Visual Spatial ReasoningVLM Reasoning

    The University of Hong Kong · University of Southern California · China Telecom +3

  18. Symmetry-Aware Likelihood-Orbit Aggregation for Selective Left-Right Claim Verification

    Sep 15, 2026Zhouzhi Xiong, Chuxi Zhang, Weizhen He +3VLM EvaluationVisual Spatial Reasoning

    Polytechnic Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China · College of Artificial Intelligence, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China · College of Electrical Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China +1

  19. Assisted Spatial Cognition Through Vision-Language Models

    Sep 14, 2026H. Riaz, J. B. Fernandez, I. Mills +3Visual Spatial ReasoningVision-Language Navigation

    School of Electronic Engineering, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland · Insight Research Ireland Centre for Data Analytics, Dublin, Ireland · South East Technological University, Waterford, Ireland

  20. EgoSIS: From Factorized Visual Ego-Transitions to Motion-Canonical Spatial Evidence for UAV Reasoning

    Sep 8, 2026Jingpu Yang, Fengxian Ji, Mingxuan Cui +4Visual Spatial ReasoningEgocentric Video QA

    Beihang University, Beijing, China · Zhongguancun Academy, Beijing, China · Northeastern University, Shenyang, China +1

  21. Unfold The World: Factorize 4D Properties in Reinforcing Spatial Reasoning

    Sep 3, 2026Yijun Yang, Shenghe Zheng, Wenbo Li +8Visual Spatial Reasoning3D Spatial Reasoning

    The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou) · Joy Future Academy · The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology +1

  22. Scaffolding Minds: Optimizing Latent Visual Target Representations for Multimodal Reasoning

    Aug 20, 2026Haoqiang Kang, Yinpeng Chen, Luyang Liu +5Visual Spatial ReasoningMultimodal Reasoning

    Google DeepMind · UC San Diego · Work done at Google DeepMind

  23. AirForesight: Current-to-Future Spatial Map Imagination with Cross-Space Planning Consistency for UAV-VLN

    Aug 13, 2026Yutong Liu, Xiaojie Li, Mingzhu Xu +1Visual Spatial ReasoningUAV Navigation

    Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen Shenzhen, China · Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen Shenzhen Loop Area Institute Shenzhen, China · Shandong University Jinan, China

  24. Spatial Memory Agent: Experience-Grounded Procedural Memory for Spatial Intelligence

    Aug 13, 2026Haokai Zhang, Yuhang Ding, Yunshu Zhou +5Memory-Augmented VLMsVisual Spatial Reasoning

    Zhejiang University · Shanghai Jiao Tong University · Shanghai Innovation Institute

  25. SCOUT: Unlocking Enhanced Spatial Reasoning via Structured Chain-of-Thought and Multi-Objective Process Reward

    Aug 12, 2026Zile Zhou, Huining Yuan, Weichen Zhang +2Visual Spatial ReasoningProcess Reward Models

    Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, China

  26. Multi-View Relational Distillation for Spatial Reasoning with Vision-Language Models

    Aug 11, 2026Kiet T. Nguyen, Hanbo Shim, Jinwoo Kim +1Visual Spatial ReasoningVLM Distillation

    KAIST

  27. LEGO: Leveled Language Gaussian Splatting

    Aug 10, 2026Yuning Peng, Haiping Wang, Yuan Liu +33D Gaussian SplattingVisual Spatial Reasoning

    Wuhan University · Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

  28. Explore, Map, Remember, Decide: Are Embodied VLMs Ready for Safety-Critical Scenarios?

    Aug 8, 2026Gabriele La Malfa, Nitay Alon, Emanuele La Malfa +2VLM EvaluationMemory-Augmented VLMs

    King’s College London, UK · Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA · University of Oxford, UK +2

  29. Advantage-Guided Gate: Reshaping Open-Ended Reasoning for Vision-Based Spatial Intelligence

    Aug 8, 2026Ling Lin, Yang Bai, Congcong Zhu +6Visual Spatial ReasoningInference-Time Search

    School of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230000, China · Suzhou Institute for Advanced Research, USTC, Suzhou 215123, China · Institute of Advanced Intelligence and Computing (IAIC), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore +4

  30. Trace, Verify, and Correct: A Training-Free Framework for Spatial Reasoning in Multimodal LLMs

    Aug 5, 2026Yang Yang, Jiawei Chen, Tairan Chen +1Multimodal GroundingVisual Spatial Reasoning

    Shanghai Key Laboratory of Multidimensional Information Processing, East China Normal University · Zhongguancun Academy · Stevens Institute of Technology

  31. SEER: A Self-Grounded Evidence Interface for Controlled Spatial Relation Classification

    Aug 4, 2026Feixiang Liu, Likun Wang, Qiang Qiu +3Visual Spatial ReasoningVision-Language Grounding

    State Key Laboratory of AI Safety, Institute of Computing Technology, CAS · University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

  32. SpatioLM: Towards General Physical Spatial Intelligence in Vision-Language Models

    Aug 3, 2026Jing Wu, Jianhua Wu, Jiayi Guan +5Vision-Language ModelsVisual Spatial Reasoning

    Xiaomi EV, Beijing, China · College of Automotive and Energy Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, China · Independent Researcher

  33. SpatialCLI: Learning to Reason With Spatial Tools, Then Without Them

    Jul 30, 2026Yang Zhou, Zixuan Huang, Sunzhu Li +10Tool Use in VLMsVisual Spatial Reasoning

    Zhejiang University · Zhuoyu Technology, Shenzhen, China · Beihang University +3

  34. JigShape: Evaluating Visual-Geometric Reasoning in VLMs through Jigsaw Puzzles

    Jul 30, 2026Shawn Li, Wei Yang, Jike Zhong +11VLM EvaluationSpatial Reasoning Benchmarks

    University of Southern California · National University of Singapore · Adobe Research +3

  35. Explainable and Resource-Efficient Spatial Reasoning in Multimodal LLMs for Decision-Critical Applications

    Jul 29, 2026Piyush Jain, Kousik Dasgupta, Rajarshi Roy +1Visual Spatial Reasoning3D Spatial Reasoning

    Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata, India · Kalyani Government Engineering College, Kalyani, India · IAIRO, India +1

  36. Visual Credit Audit for Multimodal Spatial Reasoning

    Jul 29, 2026Feixiang Liu, Qiang Qiu, Lanbo Sun +3VLM EvaluationSpatial Reasoning Benchmarks

    State Key Laboratory of AI Safety, Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences · University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

  37. Spatial-IQ: Deconstructing Spatial Intelligence via Hierarchical Capability Tests

    Jul 24, 2026Patrick Rim, Tom Long, Ekta Prashnani +6Spatial Reasoning BenchmarksVisual Spatial Reasoning

    1NVIDIA Research · 2Yale University

  38. Show, Don't Tell: Evaluating Spatial Cognition in Generative Pixels Rather Than LLM Text

    Jul 23, 2026Xu Wang, Kaixiang Yao, Miao Pan +4Spatial Reasoning BenchmarksVisual Spatial Reasoning

    OmniAI Group of ZJU ACES Lab

  39. ViSTR-Bench: Can MLLMs Reason from Continuous Visual Cues in Dynamic Scenes?

    Jul 23, 2026Han Li, Si Liu, Zehao Huang +6VLM EvaluationSpatial Reasoning Benchmarks

    School of Artificial Intelligence, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China · Zhongguancun Academy, Beijing 100094, China · School of Engineering, Westlake University, Hangzhou 310030, China

  40. Do Maps Still Matter for Machines: Revisiting the Role of Choropleth Maps in Foundation Model Spatial Understanding

    Jul 20, 2026Zhiwei Wei, Yonghe Sun, Zhenjia Liu +5Data VisualizationSpatial Reasoning Benchmarks

    aSchool of Geographic Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China · bHunan Key Laboratory of Geospatial Big Data Mining and Application, Changsha, China · cSchool of Information and Communication Engineering, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, China +3

  41. ConsiSpace: Learning Geometric Consistency Matters for Video Spatial Reasoning

    Jul 20, 2026Ting Huang, Zhenyu Zhang, Wenyuan Huang +2Memory-Augmented VLMsVisual Spatial Reasoning

    School of Computer Science, Peking University, Beijing, China · School of Intelligent Science and Technology, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China · Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence, Beijing, China

  42. LenGuard-GPC: Length Guarding with Guided-Prompt Consistency for Spatial Reasoning Reinforce Learning

    Jul 19, 2026Xingjian Tao, Yiwei Wang, Yujun Cai +1Visual Spatial ReasoningReward Shaping

    HKUST(GZ) · UC Merced · University of Queensland +1

  43. Beyond Single Expert: Harmonizing Diverse Visual Priors in MLLMs for Spatial Understanding

    Jul 16, 2026Xiao Lin, Xiaohu Huang, Kai HanVisual Spatial ReasoningVision Foundation Models

    The University of Hong Kong

  44. Reinforcing Egocentric Spatial Perception in Multimodal Large Language Models via Ego Scene Augmentation

    Jul 16, 2026Chi Kit Wong, Ye Pan, Yuanhuiyi Lyu +6Visual Question AnsweringVisual Spatial Reasoning

    The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou) · Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Information Center · The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

  45. UniVR: Thinking in Visual Space for Unified Visual Reasoning

    Jul 14, 2026Zhongwei Ren, Yunchao Wei, Yao Zhao +5Physical ReasoningVisual Spatial Reasoning

    Beijing Jiaotong University · ByteDance

  46. DM-KG: A Novel Method for Boosting Spatial Cognition of Vision-Language Models in Street View Imagery

    Jul 14, 2026Xinyue Xu, Zheng Zhang, Kunyang Ma +5Visual Question AnsweringVisual Spatial Reasoning

    Institute of Surveying and Mapping, Information Engineering University, Zhengzhou 450001, China · State Key Laboratory of Geographic Information Science and Technology, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China

  47. When Depth Is Better Told Than Shown: Depth-Ordinal Prompting for Vision-Language Spatial Reasoning

    Jul 13, 2026Quynh Vo, Phuc Dao, Cong-Duy Nguyen +1Vision-Language ModelsVisual Spatial Reasoning

    National University of Singapore · Center of AI Research, VinUniversity

  48. MultiView-Bench: A Diagnostic Benchmark for World-Centric Multi-View Integration in VLMs

    Jul 9, 2026Hantao Zhang, Jinru Sui, Ed Li +2VLM EvaluationVision-Language Models

    Yale University · University of Edinburgh

  49. APIVOT: Adaptive Planning with Interleaved Vision-Language Thoughts

    Jul 9, 2026Emily Jin, Joy Hsu, Yiqing Xu +3Visual Spatial ReasoningLong-Horizon Robotic Manipulation

    Stanford University

  50. Evaluation of Multilingual Ability to Use Spatial Deictic Expressions in Vision-Language Models

    Jul 8, 2026Kaito Watanabe, Taisei Yamamoto, Tomoki Doi +1Visual Spatial ReasoningMultilingual VLM Evaluation

    The University of Tokyo · Riken · Tohoku University

  51. MentalThink: Shaping Thoughts in Mental SVG World

    Jul 3, 2026Kangheng Lin, Jisheng Yin, Dingming Li +11Visual Spatial ReasoningLatent Visual Reasoning

    State Key Laboratory of Networking and Switching Technology, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications · University of Chinese Academy of Sciences · StepFun

  52. SpaceEra++: A Unified Framework Towards 3D Spatial Reasoning in Video

    Jul 2, 2026Weili Guan, Haoyu Zhang, Meng Liu +3Visual Spatial Reasoning3D Spatial Reasoning

    School of Information Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Shenzhen 518055, China · Shenzhen Loop Area Institute, Shenzhen 518045, China · School of Computer Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Shenzhen 518055, China +4

  53. OmniView-Space: Reinforcing Spatial Reasoning via Multi-Perspective Spatial Mapping

    Jul 1, 2026Xudong Li, Mengdan Zhang, Peixian Chen +7Visual Spatial Reasoning3D Spatial Reasoning

    Key Laboratory of Multimedia Trusted Perception and Efficient Computing, Ministry of Education of China, Xiamen University, 361005, P.R. China · Tencent Youtu Lab · Beijing Institute of Technology

  54. MindEdit-Bench: Benchmarking Object-Level Counterfactual Spatial Reasoning in VLMs from In-the-Wild Photos

    Jul 1, 2026Leyuan Yu, Xiao Tang, Minghao Liu +6VLM EvaluationSpatial Reasoning Benchmarks

    ZODA · Tongji University · Zhejiang University +1

  55. Technical Report of RoboSpatial Challenge at CVPR 2026: Selective Reasoning Activation and Reference-Frame Disambiguation for Embodied Spatial Reasoning

    Jun 30, 2026Yuxiang Xie, Qi Lv, Jianming Xing +4Visual Spatial ReasoningVLM Reasoning

    1Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen · 2Ruoyu Technology

  56. Decodable Is Not Grounded: A Vision-Ablation Arbiter for VLM Spatial Reasoning

    Jun 30, 2026Chih-Ting Liao, Fei Shen, Xin Cao +1Visual Spatial ReasoningVLM Interpretability

    University of New South Wales · National University of Singapore

  57. OmniCoT: A Benchmark for Global and Multi-Step Panoramic Reasoning

    Jun 29, 2026Haocong He, Chenfei Liao, Zichen Wen +13Visual Spatial ReasoningMultimodal Large Language Models

    SJTU · HKUST(GZ) · Shanghai AI Lab +6

  58. ScAle: Attention Head Scaling as a Minimal Adapter for Spatial Reasoning in Vision Language Models

    Jun 28, 2026Rahul Chowdhury, Timothy A Rupprecht, Xuan Shen +2Visual Spatial ReasoningVLM Adaptation

    Northeastern University, Boston, USA · EmbodyX Inc., USA · Zhejiang University, China

  59. SpatialUAV: Benchmarking Spatial Intelligence for Low-Altitude UAV Perception, Collaboration, and Motion

    Jun 26, 2026Haoyu Zhang, Meng Liu, Qianlong Xiang +3Visual Spatial ReasoningUAV Navigation

    School of Computer Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Shenzhen 518055, China · Pengcheng Laboratory, Shenzhen 518000, China · School of Computer Science and Technology, Shandong Jianzhu University, Jinan 250101, China +4

  60. From Hallucination to Grounding: Diagnosing Visual Spatial Intelligence via CRISP

    Jun 25, 2026Zhixing Li, Yinan YuVLM EvaluationSpatial Reasoning Benchmarks

    Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden