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Point Cloud as a Foreign Language for Multi-modal Large Language Model

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In this work, we present SAGE, the first end-to-end 3D MLLM that directly processes raw point clouds without relying on a pre-trained 3D encoder.
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Our approach introduces a lightweight 3D tokenizer that combines geometric sampling and neighbourhood aggregation with vector quantization to convert point clouds into discrete tokens
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--treating 3D data as a foreign language that naturally extends the LLM's vocabulary.
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we propose a preference optimization training strategy with a semantic alignment-based reward, specifically designed for open-ended 3D question answering where responses are descriptive.
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Extensive experiments across diverse 3D understanding benchmarks demonstrate that our end-to-end approach outperforms existing encoder-based methods
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while offering significant advantages in computational efficiency
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generalization across LLM backbones
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robustness to input resolution variations
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we present SAGE, the first end-to-end 3D MLLM that directly processes raw point clouds without relying on a pre-trained 3D encoder.
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Directly stated in the abstract as a contribution.
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we present SAGE, the first end-to-end 3D MLLM that directly processes raw point clouds without relying on a pre-trained 3D encoder.
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Our approach introduces a lightweight 3D tokenizer that combines geometric sampling and neighbourhood aggregation with vector quantization to convert point clouds into discrete tokens
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treating 3D data as a foreign language that naturally extends the LLM's vocabulary.
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Directly stated in the abstract, though somewhat metaphorical.
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