Disney Sharpens Focus on Virtual Worlds

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SAN DIEGO Disney Online has created a studio to focus on its growing commitment to virtual worlds as well as games and online social communities.

The new group, Disney Online Studios, will include several of Disney Online’s teams, including the creators of Disney.com XD and the company’s virtual-reality studio that was responsible for Disney’s Toontown Online and Pirates of the Caribbean Online.

Steve Parkis has been promoted to svp to lead the new group and reports to Paul Yanover, evp, managing director of Disney Online.

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