{"id":198750,"date":"2024-11-03T15:25:53","date_gmt":"2024-11-03T21:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/11\/disney-forms-dedicated-ai-and-xr-group-to-coordinate-company-wide-use-and-adoption"},"modified":"2024-11-03T15:25:53","modified_gmt":"2024-11-03T21:25:53","slug":"disney-forms-dedicated-ai-and-xr-group-to-coordinate-company-wide-use-and-adoption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/11\/disney-forms-dedicated-ai-and-xr-group-to-coordinate-company-wide-use-and-adoption","title":{"rendered":"Disney forms dedicated AI and XR group to coordinate company-wide use and adoption"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Disney is adding another layer to its AI and extended reality strategies. As first reported by Reuters<\/em><\/a>, the company recently formed a dedicated emerging technologies unit. Dubbed the Office of Technology Enablement, the group will coordinate the company\u2019s exploration, adoption and use of artificial intelligence, AR and VR tech.<\/p>\n

It has tapped Jamie Voris<\/a>, previously the CTO of its Studios Technology division, to oversee the effort. Before joining Disney in 2010, Voris was the chief technology officer at the National Football League. More recently, he led the development of the company\u2019s Apple Vision Pro<\/a> app<\/a>. Voris will report to Alan Bergman, the co-chairman of Disney Entertainment. Reuters<\/em> reports the company eventually plans to grow the group to about 100 employees.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe pace and scope of advances in AI and XR are profound and will continue to impact consumer experiences, creative endeavors, and our business for years to come \u2014 making it critical that Disney explore the exciting opportunities and navigate the potential risks,\u201d Bergman wrote in an email Disney shared with Engadget. \u201cThe creation of this new group underscores our dedication to doing that and to being a positive force in shaping responsible use and best practices.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Disney is adding another layer to its AI and extended reality strategies. As first reported by Reuters, the company recently formed a dedicated emerging technologies unit. Dubbed the Office of Technology Enablement, the group will coordinate the company\u2019s exploration, adoption and use of artificial intelligence, AR and VR tech. It has tapped Jamie Voris, previously [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":359,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1498,43,6,1879],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-198750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-augmented-reality","category-business","category-robotics-ai","category-virtual-reality"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/359"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198750"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198750\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}