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

Factorized Motion Diffusion for Precise and Character-Agnostic Motion Inbetweening

November 21, 2024
Motion, Interaction and Games (2024)

Justin Studer (DisneyResearch|Studios/ETH Zurich)
Dhruv Agrawal (DisneyResearch|Studios/ETH Zurich)
Dominik Borer (DisneyResearch|Studios)
Seyedmorteza Sadat (DisneyResearch|Studios/ETH Zurich)
Robert W. Sumner (DisneyResearch|Studios/ETH Zurich)
Martin Guay (DisneyResearch|Studios)
Jakob Buhmann (DisneyResearch|Studios)

Skel-inbetweening for Intuitive Neural Motion Authoring

November 11, 2024
ACM SIGGRAPH Asia (2024)


Dhruv Agrawal (DisneyResearch|Studios/ETH Joint PhD)
Jakcob Buhmann (DisneyResearch|Studios)
Dominik Borer (DisneyResearch|Studios)
Robert W. Sumner (DisneyResearch|Studios/ETH Zurich)
Martin Guay (DisneyResearch|Studios)

Lossy Image Compression with Foundation Diffusion Models

September 28, 2024
European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV) (2024)


Lucas Relic (DisneyResearch|Studios/ETH Zurich)
Roberto Azevedo (DisneyResearch|Studios)
Markus Gross (DisneyResearch|Studios/ETH Zurich)
Christopher Schroers  (DisneyResearch|Studios)