Wizard of Oz at the Las Vegas Sphere, using Google AI

I am honored to be part of a Google team that has worked with MSG Sphere, Magnopus, and Warner Bros. to bring the 1939 Classic Film, The Wizard of Oz (Wikipedia, IMDB), to the world’s largest screen in an experiential format while honoring the original content.

For more details on this work’s technical and creative aspects, check out https://behindthecurtain.withgoogle.com/, which discusses the motivation, goals, and technical efforts deployed to achieve them. Also, watch this short video that covers behind-the-scenes information.

Here is the video of the outside Las Vegas Sphere announcing the tickets, the “oversized leg stunt.”

Here is Sundar Pichai, Google’s CEO, announcing this project at Google Cloud Next in the LV Sphere on April 8, 2025. (See an edited video of the announcement here).