'Vibe Directing,' Hybrid Filmmaking and Robots: Disney's Startup Program Goes All-In on AI
Source: Yahoo News
Published on: 2026-11-04 14:19
BURBANK, Calif. -- Outside the Walt Disney Main Theatre, a Boston Dynamics four-legged robot equipped with a camera and hardware containing AI "brains" from startup FieldAI lurched forward. Around the corner about 15 feet away, another startup, Simile, talked about using AI and tens of thousands of digital twins of real people for virtual focus group testing. And tucked away at a nearby soundstage an actress put on a terrified face in front of a blank "gray box" (actually blue) used for AI hybrid filmmaking akin to Doug Liman's latest project. Was this an episode of "Black Mirror"? No, it was Demo Day for Disney Accelerator, its program to invest in cutting-edge startups. Can you guess the predominant theme this year? While AI was a touchy subject in Hollywood even a year ago, that's no longer the case as the major studios offer their full-throated support of the technology. The Disney...
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