Ted Schilowitz, an expert in emerging technologies, has been named the first-ever Futurist in Residence at Paramount Pictures and will jointly report to Chairman/Chief Executive Officer Jim Gianopulos and Chief Operating Officer Andrew Gumpert. What is a “futurist in residence”? He is someone who works with technology teams—and Schilowitz will do just that with both Viacom and Paramount — to explore all the latest efforts in tech with an emphasis on virtual reality/augmented reality. While he will work with both film and TV divisions, Schilowitz will continue his role as Chief Creative Officer at Barco Escape, where he’s been spearheading the creative aspects adding immersive right and left screens to movie theaters.

His company worked on Paramount’s “Star Trek: Beyond” and 20th Century Fox’s “The Maze Runner.” Prior to joining Paramount, Schilowitz was a consulting Futurist at 20th Century Fox, where he worked on the evolving art and science of advanced motion picture creation and created strategy on future technology and vision of cinema for the next generation of movie entertainment.