Research

Continuing a legacy of innovation

DisneyResearch|Studios combines the best of academia and industry, by doing fundamental and application-driven research. We publish our work and actively engage with the global research community. Our research applications and technology are experienced by millions of people. We honor Walt Disney’s legacy by deploying our innovations on a global scale.

Our Research Areas

Machine Learning

Probabilistic modeling & deep learning.

Visual Computing

Computer Graphics and Computer Vision.

Latest Publications

Controllable Tracking-Based Video Frame Interpolation

July 17, 2025
SIGGRAPH (2025)


Karlis Martins Briedis (DisneyResearch|Studios/ETH Zurich)
Abdelaziz Djelouah (DisneyResearch|Studios)
Raphaël Ortiz (DisneyResearch|Studios)
Markus Gross (DisneyResearch|Studios/ETH Zurich)
Christopher Schroers  (DisneyResearch|Studios)

ScaffoldAvatar: High-Fidelity Gaussian Avatars with Patch Expressions

July 10, 2025
SIGGRAPH (2025)


Shivangi Aneja (Technical University of Munich, DisneyResearch|Studios)
Sebastian Weiss (DisneyResearch|Studios)
Irene Baeza (DisneyResearch|Studios)
Prashanth Chandran (DisneyResearch|Studios)
Gaspard Zoss (DisneyResearch|Studios)
Matthias Niessner (Technical University of Munich)
Derek Bradley (DisneyResearch|Studios)