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

Trajectory Augmentation for Robust Neural Locomotion Controllers

February 27, 2024
VISIGRAPP 2024


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

Stereo Conversion with Disparity-Aware Warping, Compositing and Inpainting

January 3, 2024
WACV (2024)


Lukas Mehl (Institute for Visualization and Interactive Systems, University of Stuttgart)
Andrés Bruhn (Institute for Visualization and Interactive Systems, University of Stuttgart)
Markus Gross (DisneyResearch|Studios/ETH Zurich)
Christopher Schroers  (DisneyResearch|Studios)

Pose and Skeleton-aware Neural IK for Pose and Motion Editing

December 11, 2023
ACM SIGGRAPH Asia (2023)


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

An Implicit Physical Face Model Driven by Expression and Style

December 11, 2023
ACM SIGGRAPH Asia (2023)


Lingchen Yang (ETH Zurich)
Gaspard Zoss (DisneyResearch|Studios)
Prashanth Chandran (DisneyResearch|Studios)
Paulo Gotardo (DisneyResearch|Studios)
Markus Gross (DisneyResearch|Studios/ETH Zurich)
Barbara Solenthaler (ETH Zurich)
Eftychios Sifakis (University of Wisconsin)
Derek Bradley (DisneyResearch|Studios)