Gaia: | In this paper, we address panoramic semantic segmentation which is under-explored due to two critical challenges: (1) image
distortions and object deformations on panoramas; (2) lack of semantic annotations in the 360◦ imagery. To tackle these problems, first,
we propose the upgraded Transformer for Panoramic Semantic Segmentation, i.e., Trans4PASS+, equipped with Deformable Patch
Embedding (DPE) and Deformable MLP (DMLPv2) modules for handling object deformations and image distortions whenever (before
or after adaptation) and wherever (shallow or deep levels). Second, we enhance the Mutual Prototypical Adaptation (MPA) strategy
via pseudo-label rectification for unsupervised domain adaptive panoramic segmentation. Third, aside from Pinhole-to-Panoramic
(PIN2PAN) adaptation, we create a new dataset (SynPASS) with 9,080 panoramic images, facilitating Synthetic-to-Real (SYN2REAL)
adaptation scheme in 360◦ imagery. Extensive experiments are conducted, which cover indoor and outdoor scenarios, and each of
them is investigated with PIN2PAN and SYN2REAL regimens. Trans4PASS+ achieves state-of-the-art performances on four domain
adaptive panoramic semantic segmentation benchmarks. Code is available at https://github.com/jamycheung/Trans4PASS.
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