MoE3D: A Mixture-of-Experts Module for 3D Reconstruction

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Authors: Zichen Wang, Ang Cao, Liam J. Wang, Jeong Joon Park
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Abstract

We propose a simple yet effective approach to enhance the performance of feed-forward 3D reconstruction models. Existing methods often struggle near depth discontinuities, where standard regression losses encourage spatial averaging and thus blur sharp boundaries. To address this issue, we introduce a mixture-of-experts formulation that handles uncertainty at depth boundaries by combining multiple smooth depth predictions. A softmax weighting head dynamically selects among these hypotheses on a per-pixel basis. By integrating our mixture model into a pre-trained state-of-the-art 3D model, we achieve a substantial reduction of boundary artifacts and gains in overall reconstruction accuracy. Notably, our approach is highly compute efficient, delivering generalizable improvements even when fine-tuned on a small subset of training data while incurring only negligible additional inference computation, suggesting a promising direction for lightweight and accurate 3D reconstruction.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Optical measurement and interference techniques Advanced Vision and Imaging Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques

Publication details

Journal / source
arXiv (Cornell University)
Publication date
8 January 2026
Document type
Preprint