Pixar Research Group Home Page

The primary mission of the Pixar Research Group is to develop new technology for use in our films. We are also developing new methods for exporting our characters to other media, such as games and animatronic robots. More information can be found in our Online Library.

The group consists of award winning researchers working in areas such as rendering, physical simulation, animation, geometric modeling, rigging, and user interfaces. More...

News and Highlights

• At SIGGRAPH 2009, Michael Kass was named the winner of the ACM SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics Achievement Award, and Rob Cook received the Coons Award. Read more
  
  
• Intern Kenrick Ken's paper about selection on a multi-touch display won a best student paper award at Graphics Interface 2009. Read the paper...
  
  
• Tony DeRose is SIGGRAPH 2010 Technical Papers Chair
  
  
• Disney announces the creation of new research labs in Pittsburgh and Zurich. More...