By Isaac Castro, Sly Lee, Mauricio Teran

We’re thrilled to share some exciting news that has us stuffed with anticipation. We’re starting a recent chapter within the story of Emerge with a partnership that’s manufactured from the stuff of dreams — a collaboration with The Walt Disney Company.

This collaboration marks a big milestone in our mission to attach hearts across distance and time, especially at a time when there are unprecedented levels of isolation and disconnection on the earth. We’re working towards crafting a future where experiencing Disney’s magical content goes far beyond just watching. Our partnership goals to bring a few of the one you love characters and stories into our personal connection platform, unlocking recent ways to experience them together. From feeling a virtual “high-five” out of your friend across the globe, to fidgeting with tangible magical powers, all of it looks like you might be there with Emerge.

In our desperate need for a greater method to communicate with our family members far-off — not only with the early tech adopters, but in addition our grandparents — we’re also working with major consumer electronics brands to enable our platform on Smart TVs. Imagine a future where you may have tactile-video calls with the people you’re keen on through the largest screen you own, your TV, in a more immersive, engaging, and private way. It is a significant leap towards transforming the best way we interact with digital content and with one another.

As our Co-Founder and Co-CEO Sly Spencer-Lee says, “in partnering with Disney, we align ourselves with a brand whose timeless storytelling has captivated audiences for a century. Together, we’re poised to transcend the constraints of current communication technology, leveraging the 1.3 billion smart TVs in homes worldwide.”

We’re constructing a platform designed to strengthen connections across distance and time. With Emerge Wave-1, our flagship product beta-launched in 2022, you may already feel light, precise hand-to-hand connections. Our device uses advanced ultrasonic force fields to create a tangible connection between users, allowing for intuitive, hand-to-hand tactile contact and play games together.

With the mixture of touch, sight, and sound — what we call sensory fusion — you may have magical experiences that feel real, even in the event that they technically aren’t. And we’ve big plans for the long run.

The rise of generative AI and its integration with various sensory inputs and outputs opens a novel opportunity within the race for technologies that help strengthen connections across distance. Emerge will enable users to digitize and transmit their emotions in real-time, an approach that goals to determine a recent standard for private connection.

As our Co-Founder and Co-CEO Isaac Castro puts it, “with 33% of the world population feeling disconnected from others, this loneliness epidemic is already one in every of the best life threats of our time. It’s time for a communication platform centered around what truly matters — our emotional reference to others. We’re thrilled to partner with Disney to further our mission.”

Our personal feelings and emotional connections are our most sacred information. Emerge is committed to safeguard users’ privacy and its plans include three predominant pillars. First, by storing personal data locally on future Emerge devices, while only hosting algorithms within the cloud. Second, by giving users a transparent, graphical view of what data is being collected and where it’s being stored. Third, by establishing an Emotional Firewall, handing control back to users. This feature will allow them to dictate what they share, and with whom, with the power to activate and off what’s communicated — an important step towards a secure, personalized emotional connection.

So what’s next? Join our waitlist to remain updated on the upcoming product release and partnership announcements at www.emerge.io