Disney Research

Disney Research is an informal collaboration of the Walt Disney Company with various labs including Pittsburgh's Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich (ETH Zurich), under a five year commitment.

These labs conduct research and development for Walt Disney Parks & Resorts division, Disney Media Networks, ESPN, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group, Disney Interactive Media Group and Pixar Animation Studios.

The labs will include computer animation, computational cinematography, autonomous interactive characters, robotics and user interfaces and others in its R&D efforts.

Carnegie Mellon University
CMU is working in particular on robotics, HCI, vision, graphics, and sports visualization under Professor Jessica Hodgins.