Ashley Keeler
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I use technology to make industries lighter on their feet

Co-founder and CTO of Target3D, with nearly two decades across motion capture, virtual production, XR and engineering. From film sets to wind tunnels, I help teams choose the right technologies, test their limits and put them to work.

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Trusted by

  • Björk
  • Bring Me the Horizon
  • ABBA Voyage
  • Lady Gaga
  • Marvel Studios
  • BBC
  • Sky
  • Ubisoft
  • Volkswagen
  • Škoda
  • Ferrari World
  • CitroënPeugeot
  • Aston Martin
  • Williams F1
  • McLaren F1
  • Ficosa
  • Merlin Entertainments
  • Google DeepMind
  • Google
  • XYZ Reality
  • Humanoid
  • Loop Engineering
  • Funcom
  • Design Museum
  • EE
  • 59 Productions
  • Dimension
  • Little Lion Entertainment
  • NFTS
  • MetFilm School
  • BIMM
  • UCL
  • University of Cambridge
  • University of Bristol

How I can help

Every project is different and requires a tailored approach, but most fall somewhere within one of these three areas. Pick the closest one to what you’re looking for and let me know how I can help.

  • Leadership and advisory

    A senior technical voice for your team or board: choosing the right technology, testing its limits, and turning it into a plan with a practical, measurable benefit.

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  • Technical consulting

    Motion capture, virtual production, volumetric capture, XR and ground truth validation. From scoping and system design through to installation and commissioning.

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  • AD / TD and production

    On set, I help navigate the technical and creative vocabulary between departments, anticipate issues before they cost time, and keep the energy alive so the day keeps moving.

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Training and public speaking

Underpinning all three roles, I train teams across technologies, workflows, processes, and soft skills. I also speak on the ethical use of AI, VR as a force for good, and solving technical problems creatively.

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About

Ashley Keeler smiling in an orange trucker cap, with the New York skyline behind

I’m a technical consultant. For nearly two decades I’ve worked across film, games, health, aerospace, automotive and construction, looking for ways to use technology to make each of them a little lighter on its feet.

We are facing global challenges that can only be overcome by working together, levelling the playing field, and proving that innovation and sustainability belong together.

I advocate for virtual production, XR and co-presence as ways to cut carbon emissions. I’ve delivered training around the world, and I speak on the ethical use of AI, on VR as a force for good, and on solving technical problems with creative solutions.

What I do now

Target3D
Co-founder and CTO. One of the UK's leading motion capture and tracking technology specialists, working across performance capture, virtual production and volumetric capture.
StudioT3D
Head of Studio. An advanced media production facility in London and Gateshead delivering performance capture, virtual production and volumetric capture.
DriveFlow AI
Board member. A performance intelligence platform that synchronises cognitive, physiological and vehicle telemetry in real time for elite motorsport.
Root & Branch
Commercial Partner. A digital sustainability company helping organisations measure and reduce the carbon footprint of their digital products.
Tools
Browser tools I have built, such as a 3D camera layout planner. Open the tools.
More on my current roles

At Target3D, the team and I work as a technology consultancy. We design and sell 3D systems end to end and train the people who run them. Depending on the project I wear the consultant, assistant director, technical director or producer hat.

At StudioT3D I run studio services from London and Gateshead. On Dune: Awakening I was head of studio, working with director Beth Park to turn creative requirements into something the technical team could build. On Norse: Oath of Blood I worked with the commercial lead from quote through to delivery, keeping scope, budget and deadline in step.

Much of the rest is research and education: installing systems for labs and universities, training the operators, and tuning accuracy and latency so the data can be trusted. I also sit on the board of DriveFlow AI, which builds performance intelligence for motorsport, and as Commercial Partner at Root & Branch I help with its work on digital sustainability.

Directing

Directing in the volume. Calibration, headsets, cast and crew all pointing the same way.
Directing a capture shoot. Running a motion capture shoot.
Directing performance capture. Keeping the technical side out of the performer’s way.
Assistant directing on Norse. The clipboard is more important than it looks.

R&D

Wind tunnel, Bristol. Validating motion capture data for foldable aircraft wings.
The willing test subject. Wearing the kit is the quickest way to find out what it is like to use.
Rigging cameras. Mounting mocap cameras on a motorised truss.
Glove fitting. Small details decide whether finger tracking works.
Glove tests. Manus and Stretchsense against ones I designed.
More testing. Always the willing victim.
Photogrammetry. Testing scanning rigs, with me as the subject again.
T-pose empathy. Everyone calibrates, including me.
Aston Martin. Simulation work with the team.
Finger tracking tests. Putting the gloves through real playing.

Event speaker

Talking at Develop. Motion capture and AI in games.
On a panel. One of many sessions on virtual production and mocap.
UKIE panel. Talking about technology in the games industry.
Optical mocap. Explaining how it works to people who will run it.

Shoots

Dune: Awakening. As head of studio I translated the director’s requirements for the technical team.
The King’s Man. A stage shoot for stunt visualisation.
Norse: Oath of Blood. A lot of people, a lot of cameras, one schedule.
Studio Drift. Working on Murmuring Minds at LUMA Arles.

Training

Teaching virtual production. Training at most UK universities and across Europe, Australia and America.
Training. The aim is for the team to own the system, not depend on me.

And the rest

The team at the capture studio. Performance capture is always a group effort.
Target3D, early days. With fellow directors.
WorldViz. Demoing immersive VR at a trade show.

A career across sectors

The same habit runs through all of it: find where precision technology can remove waste, error or delay.

Film, TV, Games & MusicAnt-Man, ABBA Voyage, Dune: Awakening, Björk: Ovule

Digital coordinator at Luma Pictures on Ant-Man, Avengers: Age of Ultron, The Divergent Series: Insurgent and The Last Witch Hunter. Motion capture technician at NVIZ on The King's Man, camera and performer tracking on the two animated films in ABBA Voyage, made by Shynola with Nexus, and motion capture supervisor on Björk: Ovule and Britannia VR. Target3D also shot ENDLESS by Halina Rice with 4D Gaussian splat technology.

Studio director at StudioT3D on Dune: Awakening and Norse: Oath of Blood, and motion capture consultant on Assassin's Creed III: Liberation.

Writer and director of the short films Prism Break and Alone Ranger, and sound designer on Daniel Avery music videos.

Health & ResearchUCL BodyLab, Cerca Magnetics

Motion capture and tracking for hospitals and medical research teams, including UCL's BodyLab and mobile brain scanning with Cerca Magnetics.

Live & Location BasedStranger Things: The First Shadow, Clays, Arcade Arena

Stranger Things: The First Shadow (West End and Broadway) with 59 Productions, original concept design for the Clays clay-shooting tracking system, and consulting on large-scale tracking for Little Lion Entertainment's Arcade Arena.

Aerospace & AutomotiveAirbus, Lúnasa Space, McLaren F1, Williams F1

Motion capture validation of folding wing concepts in a University of Bristol wind tunnel, space docking trajectory validation for Lúnasa Space, and feedback loops for robotics and aerospace research.

Simulation work with McLaren F1, wind tunnel testing with Williams F1, simulation work with Aston Martin, autonomous vehicle research at Cambridge University, and ergonomics validation across VW, Škoda and Citroën Peugeot.

Construction & DesignAR validation, additive manufacturing

Validating AR construction tools to catch mistakes on screen rather than in poured concrete, and refining additive manufacturing processes to cut waste at source.

Credits

A selection of film, television, music and game credits, newest first.

  • 2026Norse: Oath of BloodStudio directorVideo game
  • 2025Dune: AwakeningStudio director, StudioT3DVideo game
  • 2025FallaxMotion capture supervisorShort
  • 2024Buy Now! The Shopping ConspiracyHead of studio, StudioT3DDocumentary
  • 2024Bring Me the Horizon: Top 10 staTues tHat CriEd bloOdMotion capture supervisor, Target3DMusic video
  • 2023Letters from DrancyMotion capture supervisor, Target3DShort
  • 2022Björk: OvuleMotion capture supervisorMusic video
  • 2022ABBA VoyageCamera and performer trackingConcert
  • 2022The King’s DaughterDigital coordinator, Luma PicturesFilm
  • 2021The King’s ManMotion capture technician, NVIZFilm
  • 2021Can’t Let You Go (Remix)Motion capture supervisor, Target3DMusic video
  • 2020Jehnny Beth: We Will Sin TogetherMotion capture supervisorShort
  • 2019Britannia VR: Out of your MindMotion capture supervisor, Target3DShort
  • 2015Ant-ManDigital coordinator, Luma PicturesFilm
  • 2015Avengers: Age of UltronDigital coordinator, Luma PicturesFilm
  • 2015The Divergent Series: InsurgentDigital coordinator, Luma PicturesFilm
  • 2015The Last Witch HunterDigital coordinator, Luma PicturesFilm
  • 2012Assassin’s Creed III: LiberationMotion capture consultant, SynertialVideo game

Full list on IMDb. Artwork from TMDB, Steam and the releases themselves. This site uses TMDB images but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.

Case studies and thoughts

Selected projects and writing from Target3D and StudioT3D.

From my blog

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Projects and behind-the-scenes moments at @ashleyjkeeler.

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Causes I care about

Snaps from the marches and protests I go to.

  • Black placard reading Every Street Is Cable Street, held above a crowd
    90th anniversary of the Battle of Cable Street
  • Person in a keffiyeh jacket and red face covering holding a Palestinian flag banner open in front of a government building
    National March for Palestine
  • Woman holding a sign reading Israel has killed a classroom full of children every day for three years
    National March for Palestine
  • Black sign with a watermelon reading No fences left to sit on, above a crowd with Palestinian flags
    National March for Palestine
  • Marcher in a denim jacket and keffiyeh carrying the No fences left to sit on sign
    National March for Palestine
  • Marcher wearing a painted board reading End the genocide, next to a woman with a sign about children and terrorism
    National March for Palestine
  • Marcher draped in a Palestinian flag walking towards Big Ben in the rain
    National March for Palestine
  • Man holding a handmade sign reading Make empathy great again
    Together march against the far right
  • Marcher raising a cardboard sign reading 1943 called, he wants his fascism and your silence back
    Together march against the far right
  • Smiling woman holding a cardboard sign reading Silence protects racism
    Together march against the far right
  • Protesters with a banner reading Make Nazis afraid again
    Together march against the far right
  • Large black banner reading Don’t let racist Farage and Reform divide the country
    Together march against the far right
  • Red Rebel performers in crimson robes and veils
    Together march against the far right
  • Marchers in a crowd with a yellow Stand Up To Racism sign reading Stop the far right
    Together march against the far right
  • Black and white selfie holding a camera, wearing a keffiyeh and a Together badge reading I’m marching on March 28th
    Together march against the far right
  • Four people in rainbow outfits leaning on a barrier and smiling
    Pride in London
  • Person walking away along the parade route in an ACT UP London t-shirt and a Palestinian flag skirt, trailing a pink ribbon
    Pride in London
  • Marchers in pink with angel wings and flags, one with a ribbon and Protect trans kids written on their leg
    Pride in LondonPhoto: Benoit Sittler
  • Just Stop Oil protesters holding orange banners under an arch of Tower Bridge, with a van stopped behind
    Just Stop Oil block Tower Bridge
  • Just Stop Oil protesters in orange vests holding banners across a street, with traffic stopped and photographers watching
    Just Stop Oil road block
  • Onlookers on steps and a man sitting on a bicycle, in front of boarded shopfronts
    EDL counter march
  • People painting graffiti on boarded walls under a Lancaster Road W11 street sign
    Notting Hill Carnival close down
  • Four police officers walking down an empty street
    Notting Hill Carnival close down
  • Hand-sewn yellow and pink banners, one reading Spark joy or fuck off, held up inside a railway station
    Banners at Victoria station

Get in touch

Prefer email? ashleyjkeeler@gmail.com. Also on LinkedIn, IMDb and Instagram.

Based in Brighton, England. Studio in London.