Hugh Hou and Keeley Turner behind a desk with a dual-lens 3D camera, under the studio's pink Metaverse Stage neon sign
Hugh Hou and Keeley Turner at the studio

About us

The Metaverse Stage is an independent immersive film studio in Los Angeles, run by writer-director Keeley Turner and cinematographer Hugh Hou.

Metaverse Stage strives to utilize the effectiveness of multimedia storytelling to produce compelling films that inform, empower, and engage developmental growth within individuals and communities. We also run Spatial Film, our own app for immersive films.

Our mission

Our goal at Metaverse Stage is to inspire, educate and empower emerging artists and media outlets through the use of bleeding edge technologies, in order to reach audiences within a new and ever evolving frontier.

Our ability to create compelling imagery that will entertain and/or educate has been proven. Our clients are diverse with a common goal, to use innovative VR technology to enhance their messaging while engaging and/or building their audiences and brand. Our chief objective is to ideate stories paired with compelling imagery. Metaverse Stage will walk you through exploration of creative concepts, thoughtful consultation, organized and fluid pre-production, production and post. Finished immersive films can also be released on Spatial Film.

Meet the team

Portrait of Keeley Turner, with long copper hair, against a navy background

Keeley Turner

Writer, director and co-founder

Keeley Turner is an award-winning XR filmmaker and Webby nominee. She has directed and created immersive VR content for Canon, Meta, WSJ, Dior, Netflix, Top Gear, PETA, and Ford. She has also worked in the virtual production space creating plates used in a trailer for the Colin Kaepernick Netflix series Colin in Black & White in 2021. In 2021, she also had the opportunity to work with Cosm on the Tokyo 2020 Olympics by assisting as production coordinator.

Keeley has written and directed immersive films including Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge, shot for the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution, Henry VIII in Warwick, Aspen Cowgirl, Vanilla Lily and London in the Dark, and she hosts our historic documentary series. Her goal is to entertain while inspiring her audience through the use of cutting edge technology.

Hugh Hou

Cinematographer and co-founder

Hugh Hou is a visual storyteller, filmmaker, educator and entrepreneur. Hugh runs a very successful VR filmmaking YouTube channel (HughHouFilm) and has 800,000+ followers across platforms. He has produced VR content for numerous companies and organizations such as Samsung, Beijing Olympics 2022, Google, Meta, Mastercard, Canon, TikTok, LACOSTE, and Intel. He also directs and produces mixed reality music videos. He worked with musical artists such as I Prevail, Joyner Lucas, Cypress Hill, Moneybagg Yo and SHAED. These days he shoots our Spatial Film originals on the Blackmagic URSA Cine Immersive and builds the Spatial Film app and free tools for immersive filmmakers.

When he's not producing original VR films, Hugh dedicates his time to sharing his vast expertise in immersive technologies and VR filmmaking on his YouTube channel. He truly believes that by sharing freely with the world through YouTube, mentoring and consulting, more creators will join the immersive media family. Hugh's goal is to help the VR industry thrive and to improve the quality of VR filmmaking.

Portrait of Hugh Hou, smiling and looking up, against a purple background
Kimchi the Shiba Inu asleep on a shaggy rug
Trouble maker
Kimchi the Shiba

Kimchi gets a starring credit on Spatial Film.

Hugh Hou, in headphones, and Keeley Turner talk through a shot beside a stereo camera rig on a slider
On set, Dolce Mia

On the record

  • Webby- and Emmy-nominated studio
  • Featured by Blackmagic Design for production on the URSA Cine Immersive, and for post-production in DaVinci Resolve
  • Henry VIII in Warwick, 2026 AWE Auggie Awards finalist, Best Art or Film
Key art for Cassian: A Hollow Man, a long-haired guitarist in a leather jacket in a dim bar, with five screenplay laurels

In development

Cassian: A Hollow Man

A dark comedic drama co-written by Keeley Turner and Sheila Ivy Traister, in development as a feature film and as a VR series of two seasons and 13 episodes. The screenplay won Best Feature Script at the Chicago Screenplay Awards and was an official selection in Portland and Los Angeles.

See it on our work page

Company record

Legal name
Metaverse Stage Inc.
Based in
Los Angeles, California
Founded by
Hugh Hou
Keeley Turner
Brands
Spatial Film
The Metaverse Stage
On the web
themetaversestage.com
spatial.film

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