Matthew Thomas

YouTube: Global Go-To-Market Lead for Gaming, AR and VR.

[Department for Culture, Media and Sport @DCMS]

From Grand Theft Auto to Forza Horizon, the UK has been levelling up gaming for decades and your game could be next

A £30 million package will double funding for the sector and help the next generation of developers create, scale and put their games in the hands of players

🔗 https://t.co/6jxlM9Q1oE

[Neal Mohan @nealmohan]

.@youtube is now on visionOS 🥽

This is a win-win for viewers and @youtubecreators:

🍿 Viewers get to watch their favorite 2D videos, Shorts, movies and TV shows in an immersive environment on @Apple Vision Pro, and fully experience the largest library of 3D, VR180, and 360 spatial content in its intended format on any Apple device platform.

🖼️ YouTube creators, who are reinventing entertainment every day, get a new spatial canvas to showcase their work and connect with fans.

[Neal Mohan @nealmohan]

.@geoguessr, the newest playable game on @youtube, lets you test out your geography skills and identify a location based on panorama street views📍

There are now over 300 Playables on YouTube, currently available in 🇺🇲🇬🇧🇨🇦🇦🇺

More games coming soon 👀

https://t.co/OXXL4cKyDi

[Neal Mohan @nealmohan]

With our new Playables Builder beta, @YouTubeCreators can easily develop games to play on @youtube 👾

If you’re in 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇬🇧🇦🇺 you can play new games from creators like @sambucha, @AyChristene and @Mogswamp on their channels 🎮

https://t.co/ITexJOBMPc

[Bilawal Sidhu @bilawalsidhu]

Ad: Pretty cool to vibe code games using YouTube Playables Builder.

One of my top VFX/360 videos is now a retro shooter game - stock up on burgers for your intergalactic overlords while dodging a horde of farmers who really want their cows back.

[YouTube Gaming @YouTubeGaming]

YouTube is launching a closed Beta test for Playables Builder, a prototype web app built using Gemini 3 where users create games with short text, video or image prompts. we’ve partnered with YouTube Creators like @sambucha, @AyChristene, @goharsguide and @Mogswamp to start making games.

users in the US, CA, GB and AU can play these games now from these Creators’ Channels. learn more here → https://t.co/GGI5mz9Rqa

[YouTube @YouTube]

you dropped your most-watched creator in the group chat. how do they react?

#YouTubeRecap

[Neal Mohan @nealmohan]

Last year, we launched Playables as a fun way to play games directly on @youtube.

Exciting to see Gemini 3 being used to create Playables. If you’re in 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇨🇦🇦🇺 play them at https://t.co/T1TWaxHZz0

There are so many ways we can give @youtubecreators and viewers new tools to push the limits of their creativity. Stay tuned for more on building games with Gemini models 👾

[Google DeepMind @GoogleDeepMind]

We used Gemini 3 to create bite-sized demo games on @YouTube Playables with just a few simple prompts 🎮

Give them a try → https://t.co/MUFOxix1OV

[Matthew Thomas @Jomas101]

@nealmohan @YouTube @Samsung The resolution on this headset looks awesome.

[Neal Mohan @nealmohan]

This week, we shipped new features to give you more control over how and where you experience @youtube:

🥽 You can now watch @youtube videos on @Samsung Galaxy XR, the first Android XR headset. In your own YouTube theater, you can explore the world’s largest library of 180 and 360-degree VR content. Read more: https://t.co/rWPFo0RilS

⏰ With our new Shorts feed timer, you can set a daily limit for how long you scroll through Shorts. This tool comes in addition to existing wellbeing features, like take-a-break and bedtime reminders. Learn more: https://t.co/4OiCchgaMt

[Matthew Thomas @Jomas101]

@doctordilanka @efeng @YouTube At that rate, it would take you over 80 years to watch the amount of content uploaded to YouTube in 1 day. If you never slept.

[Channel 4 Dispatches @C4Dispatches]

“If you are irresponsible enough to think that you don’t mind if you get the flu, remember it’s not about you - it’s about everybody else.”

Intensive care specialist Professor Hugh Montgomery explains why this coronavirus is different from the ordinary flu.

[Matthew Thomas @Jomas101]

I entered the £15 Lottery to see @FleabagWestEnd with @TodayTixUK!
Enter: https://t.co/bTv2bs6izc

[MTM @We_are_MTM]

On Saturday a team of MTM’ers took on #toughmudder – 20 kilometres of uphill sprints, 10,000 volt electrocutions, ice baths, and a WHOLE lot of mud!

We would be extremely appreciative if you would be able to sponsor us, and donate to @HackneyWNS

https://t.co/HtjYR4sSty

[Matthew Thomas @Jomas101]

"WORLD STILL SURPRISED AS SEX AND DRAGONS CAPTURE COLLECTIVE IMAGINATION" https://t.co/lWDlMBqe8V by @Jomas101 on @LinkedIn

[Matthew Thomas @Jomas101]

Alex Moyet, Marketing Dir. at #CurveDigital giving a kick-ass talk on how to promote games for free #DevelopConf #MTMLondon @amcadegames

[Matthew Thomas @Jomas101]

Proud to speaking at the Future Games Summit again this year! 31st Oct & 1st Nov, London #FutureGamesSummit #MTMLondon #MTM

[kbergvall @kbergvall]

@Jomas101 moderating a silent disco #TechXLR8 #vrarworld @MTMLondon

[Matthew Thomas @Jomas101]

MTM on tour #VRARWorld #TechXLR8 #MTMLondon #Karin @kbergvall