I was in the audience that got the first look at Google's AI-augmented Wizard of Oz, and I am still rattled by the experience.

Those lions and tigers and bears wouldn’t look quite right if the film were projected onto the giant screen without some help from AI.

Collaborating on the new Wizard of Oz are Warner Bros. Discovery, Google and design studio Magnopus. The Wizard of Oz at Sphere will “maintain the integrity of the original,” a press release emphasized, “while pushing the boundaries of Sphere’s experiential medium.”