# Odyssey — World Models for Film, Gaming, and Beyond

- Company: Odyssey (odyssey.systems)
- Announced: 2024-12-18
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- Group: announcements
- Source: https://odyssey.systems/introducing-explorer
- Record: https://forck.live/items/18606-world-models-for-film-gaming-and-beyond
- Subject: Odyssey world models

We’re excited to welcome Ed Catmull, co-founder of Pixar, to our board. Together, we’re pioneering world models, beginning with Explorer Oliver Cameron December 18th, 2024 Story is King In 1986, Ed Catmull, Steve Jobs, and John Lasseter founded Pixar, which would become the world's most iconic storytelling company. At its core, Pixar held the steadfast belief that the story must shape the technology—not the reverse. This philosophy drove Pixar to pioneer computer graphics throughout the '80s and '90s, with Ed himself contributing endless technical innovations that remain industry standards today. These groundbreaking achievements paved the way for the world-changing stories Pixar produced, and earned Ed the prestigious Turing Award in 2019. At Odyssey, we share the belief that technology must serve the story and the storyteller. In the age of artificial intelligence, this is more true than ever. Given this, we’re thrilled to welcome Ed Catmull to Odyssey’s board of directors, and for him to invest in our company. …

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