Tony Parisi

Tony Parisi is a Metaverse and virtual reality pioneer, inventor, entrepreneur, investor, author and musician. He has co-created several international 3D graphics standards and authored several books on 3D and virtual reality programming, and has served as an executive in several technology startups and large companies. One of the leading spokespeople for the immersive industry, Tony was named in Next Reality’s 30 People to Watch in Augmented Reality in 2019 and 2020, and in 2024, Parisi was honored as one of the inaugural inductees into the XR Hall of Fame. Parisi is the founder of Metatron Studio, a content company for the metaverse. He worked as an executive previously at Lamina1 and Unity. Tony is also a composer and musician and is working on several music projects.