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New VistaRef framework boosts spatial orientation awareness in object detection · 2 sources tracked

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Researchers have introduced VistaRef, a new framework designed to improve spatial orientation awareness in pointing-to-object detection tasks. This system addresses limitations in existing Transformer-based models that often neglect fine-grained geometric relationships, leading to inaccuracies in pointing localization. VistaRef incorporates a Local Hand Entity Modeling module to better capture finger deviations and a Geometric Ray Modeling module to convert orientation information into explicit spatial features. An Orientation-Consistent Alignment Loss further refines hand presence and pointing consistency, resulting in a significant 14-point absolute gain in grounding accuracy over baseline models. AI

IMPACT Enhances precision in spatial interaction for AR and robotics by improving how models understand pointing gestures.

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  1. arXiv cs.CV TIER_1 English(EN) · Ling Li, Zhizhen Cai, Xinkun Wu, Ziyu Zhu, Jiaqing Lyu, Bowen Liu, Zhidong Deng ·

    VistaRef: Boosting Visual Spatial Orientation Awareness for Pointing-to-Object Detection

    arXiv:2606.24498v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Grounding deictic gestures in natural images is fundamental to AR and human-robot collaboration, providing a basis for seamless spatial interaction. While Transformer-based visual models have achieved significant progress in general…

  2. arXiv cs.CV TIER_1 English(EN) · Zhidong Deng ·

    VistaRef: Boosting Visual Spatial Orientation Awareness for Pointing-to-Object Detection

    Grounding deictic gestures in natural images is fundamental to AR and human-robot collaboration, providing a basis for seamless spatial interaction. While Transformer-based visual models have achieved significant progress in general object detection, their global attention mechan…

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