Uploaded September 2024 | Updated September 2026, 5 days ago
Welcome to "Being Immersed," a monthly live Q&A series where Texas Immersive Institute's Founding Director, Erin Reilly, interviews leaders in the immersive media field, exploring the latest innovations in storytelling, design, and emerging technologies. Don't miss this interactive experience—where participation, creativity, and innovation meet!
ABOUT TOMMY HONTON
Tommy Honton is a Los Angeles-based experience designer specializing in creating immersive environments that blend storytelling, game mechanics, and innovative design across a wide range of mediums, including escape rooms, theme parks, theater, museums, and video games. In 2017, he co-created the award-winning escape room Stash House and co-founded the interactive Museum of Selfies. With a global reach, Tommy’s work caters to audiences from small groups to events of up to 300,000 participants. He has collaborated with and consulted for major brands like Disney, Google, Meta, Amazon, Hasbro, Universal, Lionsgate, and Warner Brothers. Recent projects include co-designing the "Money Heist" experience for Netflix and Fever and contributing to the critically acclaimed Game Changer episode "Escape the Green Room" for the online network Dropout, where he also served as a writer for Seasons 6 and 7. An active lecturer, Tommy speaks at conferences and universities worldwide and currently teaches design at ArtCenter College of Design.
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Music by Patrick A. from Pixabay
Music by Dream-Protocol from Pixabay
Welcome to "Being Immersed," a monthly live Q&A series where Texas Immersive Institute's Founding Director, Erin Reilly, interviews leaders in the immersive media field, exploring the latest innovations in storytelling, design, and emerging technologies. Don't miss this interactive experience—where participation, creativity, and innovation meet!
ABOUT TOMMY HONTON
Tommy Honton is a Los Angeles-based experience designer specializing in creating immersive environments that blend storytelling, game mechanics, and innovative design across a wide range of mediums, including escape rooms, theme parks, theater, museums, and video games. In 2017, he co-created the award-winning escape room Stash House and co-founded the interactive Museum of Selfies. With a global reach, Tommy’s work caters to audiences from small groups to events of up to 300,000 participants. He has collaborated with and consulted for major brands like Disney, Google, Meta, Amazon, Hasbro, Universal, Lionsgate, and Warner Brothers. Recent projects include co-designing the "Money Heist" experience for Netflix and Fever and contributing to the critically acclaimed Game Changer episode "Escape the Green Room" for the online network Dropout, where he also served as a writer for Seasons 6 and 7. An active lecturer, Tommy speaks at conferences and universities worldwide and currently teaches design at ArtCenter College of Design.
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SUPPORT THE TEXAS IMMERSIVE PATREON!
This content is made possible thanks to the Texas Immersive Supporters! Consider making a small donation so we can provide more thought leadership content to our community!
https://give.utexas.edu/?menu=OGPTII
Follow us on social media!
https://www.linkt.ee/texasimmersive
Music by Patrick A. from Pixabay
Music by Dream-Protocol from Pixabay
