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Disney has been a wannabe tech company for the longest of times. They started the streaming Wars with Disney+ and have had massive spend on AI already. There is virtually no creative or artistic talent left in the company.
torginus
Isn't Disney on of the oldest tech companies of all time?

The engineering that goes into their parks is insane, and they have been consistently pushing live experiences. The logistics that goes on in the background to let as many people as possible have a good experience is also insane.

And that's just Disneyland. There's a guy on youtube who makes fascinating hour-long documentaries about every aspect of Disneyland.

_fzslm
> There's a guy on youtube who makes fascinating hour-long documentaries about every aspect of Disneyland.

you can't nerdsnipe me like that and NOT drop a link. :p

what's the channel?

steveklabnik
Not your parent, but I'd expect they mean https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defunctland
nubianwarrior
His recent videos on Imagineering's animatronics and "Living Characters" was incredible.
neom
Not OP but if you do wanna see some good youtube that shows what Disney knows about computering, the Disney research hub is super fun: https://www.youtube.com/@DisneyResearchHub/videos

I remember when I first saw Stickman in 2018 I thought it would be amazing if they continued it all the way out, they went pretty far with it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFtNcGnroa8 to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGOY4KaLLNw

otterley
If you’re a Disney+ subscriber, be sure to watch The Imagineering Story miniseries. Fun fact, it was directed by Leslie Iwerks, who’s the granddaughter of Ubbe Iwerks, the co-creator of Mickey Mouse alongside Walt Disney.
buu700
As I recall, Randy Pausch had a lot of positive things to say about Disney Imagineering.
YY478436874326
Toy Story was essentially a tech demo for Pixar. And they worked alongside Apple to make the Squeak Smalltalk programming language.
otterley
Pixar was bought by Disney years after it was already a movie powerhouse. Toy Story was released in 1995; Disney acquired Pixar in 2006.
DarkNova6 OP
Pixar was acquired by the current CEO of Disney. The same guy that purchased all the other large brands and saw them wither away. Heck, half of the Disney board comes from biotech companies.

Disney likes to use their past image of animation and artistry and the current way the company works couldn't stray father from it.

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