Monday, February 25, 2013 - 4:33pm
An inside look at how Disney created Paperman's 2D-looking aesthetic using 3D CGI and won an Oscar for best animated short film.
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Monday, January 28, 2013 - 7:02pm
With George Lucas out of the picture, Disney is saying no to 3D rereleases. Finally, a movie studio comes to it senses.
Tuesday, January 15, 2013 - 6:57pm
Disney’s new gaming platform “Infinity” combines physical action figures of characters from the company’s animated films with video games, Skylanders-style.
Monday, January 7, 2013 - 11:43am
Disney has decided to harness the power of RFID technology with a new wearable piece of tech designed to unlock the parks' many treasures.
Wednesday, December 12, 2012 - 1:15pm
If you walked into a Disneyland building and saw flying dragon, you'd probably assume that some wirework and robotics were responsible. But if you then stepped outside, looked up at the night sky and saw a flying, fire-breathing dragon, then you might start worrying.
Thursday, August 9, 2012 - 7:36am
At SIGGRAPH 2012, there's an entire room dedicated to Emerging Technologies.
"Emerging" might be a bit hasty: most of the stuff on display here is so new and bizarre that nobody has any idea what to do with it. If anything, this only adds to the awesomeness, and one of the weirdest things on display (by far) was this system from Disney research for tactile interaction with cyborg plants.
Friday, May 18, 2012 - 8:15am
As a kid, riding on the Space Mountain roller coaster was a watershed moment. It started my life-long love of imitations of what space might be like, and of roller coasters. I've probably ridden it hundreds of times. So imagine my surprise when I learned a few behind-the-scenes goodies about "the Mountain."
Friday, May 11, 2012 - 10:46am
If you've never been, one of the greatest Star Wars gift shops in the world is actually in Disney World. It's right there waiting for you as you walk off of Star Tours. Said awesome gift shop is about to get a little awesomer with a build-a-bear-style kiosk that'll let you customize your very own astromech droid.
Friday, May 4, 2012 - 3:37pm
We were only barely aware that Disney Research even existed, but entirely out of left field it's come up with a simple yet sophisticated implementation of capacitive touch sensing that's one of the coolest tech demos we've seen in a very long time.
Wednesday, November 23, 2011 - 10:01am
All aboard the YouTube movie rental train! Disney's the newest YouTube movie passenger and its bringing a handful of classic movies in exchange for a small fee.
