Website disneyresearch.com | ||
Established August 11, 2008; 8 years ago (2008-08-11) Affiliations Carnegie-Mellon UniversityETH Zurich | ||
Disney Research is a network of research labs supporting The Walt Disney Company. Its purpose is to pursue scientific and technological innovation to advance the company's broad media and entertainment efforts.
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It has facilities in Los Angeles, Pittsburgh, and Zurich. Research topics include computer graphics, video processing, computer vision, robotics, radio and antennas, wireless communications, human-computer interaction, displays, data mining, machine learning, and behavioral sciences. The lab in Boston was closed in January 2015.
Disney Research is managed by an internal Disney Research Council co-chaired by Disney-Pixar's Ed Catmull and Walt Disney Imagineering's Bruce Vaughn, and including the directors of the individual labs.
Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University is working in particular on robotics, human-computer interaction, vision, graphics, and sports visualization under Professor Jessica Hodgins.
Notable works
BB-8 was a physical prop developed by Disney Research, created by special effects artist Neal Scanlan.