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arxiv: 2606.21300 · v1 · pith:CQJR42XCnew · submitted 2026-06-19 · 💻 cs.CV

SCOPE: Scale-Consistent One-Pass Estimation of 3D Geometry

Zheng Zhang , Lihe Yang , Tianyu Yang , Chaohui Yu , Yixing Lao , Xiaoyang Guo , Biao Gong , Fan Wang
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classification 💻 cs.CV
keywords 3D geometry estimationmonocular videoscale consistencyaffine-invariant point mapstemporal consistencyone-pass processingcomputer vision
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SCOPE produces consistent 3D point maps from long monocular videos by sharing parameters across the full sequence to enforce scale invariance.

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SCOPE targets the failure of existing methods to keep both geometric accuracy and temporal consistency when estimating 3D structure from extended monocular video, often over hundreds of frames. The method generates affine-invariant 3D point maps that reuse the same parameters for every frame in a sequence, which creates representations that remain consistent in scale. Three supporting mechanisms align points from different viewpoints into one reference frame, enforce appearance consistency over widely varying time intervals, and modulate position frequencies to handle sequences much longer than those seen in training. A reader would care because reliable one-pass 3D output from ordinary video would remove the need for repeated recalibration or multi-camera rigs in applications that track scenes over time.

Core claim

SCOPE generates affine-invariant 3D point maps with shared parameters across entire sequences, enabling consistent scale-invariant representations. Viewpoint-invariant geometry aligns multi-perspective points in a unified reference frame, appearance-invariant learning enforces consistency across exponential timescales, and frequency-modulated positioning enables extrapolation to sequences that greatly exceed training length.

What carries the argument

affine-invariant 3D point maps generated with parameters shared across the full video sequence

If this is right

  • Relative point map error drops 24.2 percent and temporal alignment error drops 34.9 percent on ScanNet versus prior methods.
  • The single shared-parameter model processes extended sequences in one forward pass without accumulating drift.
  • Frequency-modulated positioning lets the model handle videos far longer than the length used during training.
  • The same model works on sequences with complex trajectories and varying illumination without separate retraining.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

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

  • If the shared-parameter maps remain stable, downstream tasks such as visual odometry could run continuously without periodic bundle adjustment.
  • The approach might reduce reliance on stereo or multi-view input for long indoor mapping by making monocular video sufficient.
  • Appearance-invariant consistency over exponential timescales could be tested on video with sudden scene changes to see whether the invariance generalizes beyond the reported datasets.

Load-bearing premise

Viewpoint-invariant alignment and appearance-invariant learning will keep geometric accuracy and temporal consistency intact across hundreds of frames even under complex motion and lighting changes.

What would settle it

Run the method on a 300-frame monocular sequence with rapid lighting shifts and erratic camera motion; if relative point map error or temporal alignment error exceeds the best prior method after frame 150, the consistency claim does not hold.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2606.21300 by Biao Gong, Chaohui Yu, Fan Wang, Hengshuang Zhao, Lihe Yang, Tianyu Yang, Xiaoyang Guo, Yixing Lao, Zheng Zhang.

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Figure 1. Figure 1: Given a sequence of video frames, SCOPE is capable of predicting scale-invariant and temporal-consistent point maps in a single forward pass. We [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p001_1.png] view at source ↗
Figure 2
Figure 2. Figure 2: Overview of SCOPE. Top-Left: SCOPE consists of a ViT backbone that processes video input frames, followed by a temporal decoder with cross￾attention and dynamic NTK scaling RoPE, producing scale-invariant point maps (Sec. 3.1). Top-Right: Cross-frame geometric consistency enforced across global and local geometric levels (𝐺1, 𝐺2) to maintain structural coherence across frames (Sec. 3.1). Bottom-Left: RoPE … view at source ↗
Figure 3
Figure 3. Figure 3: Qualitative visualizations of depth predictions across diverse scenarios. Each row shows an input frame from DAVIS [Perazzi et al. 2016] with its corresponding spacetime slice (right portion), comparing depth predictions from VGGT, MoGe, and our method. SIGGRAPH Conference Papers ’26, July 19–23, 2026, Los Angeles, CA, USA [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p006_3.png] view at source ↗
Figure 4
Figure 4. Figure 4: 4D reconstruction comparison using MegaSAM [Li et al. 2025]. Our method enables coherent multi-view reconstruction from video sequences (right), while MoGe (middle) produces fragmented results with significant distortion. Input video frames shown on left. from the full validation set to evaluate performance in structured en￾vironments. DDAD [Guizilini et al. 2020] is an autonomous driving dataset featuring… view at source ↗
read the original abstract

We present SCOPE (Scale-Consistent One-Pass Estimation of 3D Geometry), a novel approach for estimating 3D geometry from extended monocular video sequences, where existing methods struggle to maintain both geometric accuracy and temporal consistency across hundreds of frames. Our approach generates affine-invariant 3D point maps with shared parameters across entire sequences, enabling consistent scale-invariant representations. We introduce three key innovations: viewpoint-invariant geometry aligning multi-perspective points in a unified reference frame; appearance-invariant learning enforcing consistency across exponential timescales; and frequency-modulated positioning enabling extrapolation to sequences vastly exceeding training length. Experiments across diverse datasets demonstrate significant improvements, reducing relative point map error by 24.2% and temporal alignment error by 34.9% on ScanNet compared to state-of-the-art methods. Our approach handles challenging scenarios with complex camera trajectories and lighting variations while efficiently processing extended sequences in a single pass. Project page: https://scope3d.github.io/.

Editorial analysis

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Referee Report

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Summary. The paper presents SCOPE, a method for one-pass estimation of 3D geometry from extended monocular video sequences. It produces affine-invariant 3D point maps using shared parameters across sequences via three innovations: viewpoint-invariant geometry to align multi-perspective points, appearance-invariant learning for consistency across exponential timescales, and frequency-modulated positioning for extrapolation beyond training lengths. On ScanNet it reports 24.2% lower relative point map error and 34.9% lower temporal alignment error versus prior state-of-the-art, while handling complex trajectories and lighting in a single pass.

Significance. If the empirical claims are substantiated by the full methods and experiments, the work would address a recognized limitation in monocular video 3D reconstruction—drift and scale inconsistency over hundreds of frames—by enforcing shared parameters and multi-timescale consistency. The one-pass efficiency and reported gains on standard benchmarks would be of practical interest to the community.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for their summary of the manuscript and for the positive assessment of its potential significance in addressing scale inconsistency and drift in extended monocular video 3D reconstruction. The recommendation of 'uncertain' appears to stem from the need to confirm that the reported empirical gains are fully supported by the methods and experiments. No specific major comments were listed in the report, so we have no point-by-point items to address. We remain available to supply any additional details from the full manuscript that would resolve the uncertainty.

Circularity Check

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full rationale

The abstract and available text present only high-level claims of empirical improvements (e.g., error reductions on ScanNet) with no equations, derivations, fitted parameters, or self-citations forming a load-bearing chain. No mathematical steps exist that could reduce to inputs by construction, making circularity analysis inapplicable. The paper is self-contained as an empirical method description without internal derivation that requires verification for circularity.

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