Wayne Ashley

About Wayne Ashley

I am an experienced producer and entrepreneur working in the XR ecosystem across VR, mixed reality, video gaming, live performance, installation and other forms of immersive design and experience. I have twenty years hands-on experience developing and presenting specialized content for major cultural institutions, corporations, governments and artists. I have taken on many roles including curator, consultant, project manager, executive producer, and cultural strategist. I​ ​have​ ​developed​ ​and​ ​implemented​ ​projects​ ​with nationally​ ​and​ ​internationally​ ​recognized​ ​artists,​ ​cultural​ ​institutions,​ ​and​ ​corporations including​ ​BAM,​ ​NY​ ​Live​ ​Arts,​ ​William Kentridge, Will Ryan, Iris Van Herpen, Fusebox​ ​Festival,​ ​Performing​ ​Arts​ ​Hub​ ​Norway,​ ​Royal Norwegian​ ​Consulate​ ​in​ ​New​ ​York,​ ​Théâtre​ ​de​ ​l\'Union,​ ​Verdensteatret,​ ​Elevator​ ​Repair Service,​ ​Alan​ ​Øyen/winter​ ​guests, Nike, Bell Labs/Lucent Technologies​ ​and​ ​numerous​ ​others.

Experience

1. Founder and Executive Producer

   Futureperfect Creative Studio

   Jan 2009 — Present · New York, NY, US

   FuturePerfect is an extended reality studio building virtual worlds and interactive immersive narratives. Our work is distributed globally across VR, desktop computers, live performance, and physical installations. The studio is based in Brooklyn, NY and led by led by Founder & Executive Producer Wayne Ashley. We collaborate with specialists in Unreal Engine, virtual reality, 3D scanning, photogrammetry, motion capture, volumetric video, and animation, guiding projects from inception to completion.We founded FuturePerfect Studio in 2008 with the goal of building complex works across the fields of art, media, and technology. We create experiences in parks, warehouses, music venues, theaters, and online. We have induced intense hallucinations in hundreds of audience members, invented new instruments for an underwater music concert, made theatrical interventions in public libraries, deployed databases and algorithms to generate new dramatic texts, and developed a live animation system for a French Shakespeare production using computer vision.We collaborate with clients to conceptualize, design, and realize complex projects. We consult with governments, organizations, artists, and brands to develop cultural strategies, programs, and specialized content. And we create our own projects that invite audiences to be at the center of exciting discoveries and creative risk.

Education

• University of California, Santa Cruz

  Bachelor's degree

• New York University

  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

• New York University

  Master's degree