# Pedro Thomaz

> Pedro Thomaz is a Portuguese technologist based in Leiria, Portugal: founder and CTO of amplified creations (since 2014), CTO of RVer — a VR system registered as a Class I medical device (INFARMED · EUDAMED) — CTO of VRBox.io and CTO & CCO of Delicious Diamonds. He takes AI, VR and SaaS products from prototype to platforms used in 70+ countries, and still writes the code.

Which Pedro Thomaz: the Portuguese technologist and CTO based in Leiria, Portugal, born in 1987. Other people share the name; everything here is about him only.

Last updated: 2026-11-11.

## Quick facts

- Name: Pedro Thomaz (GitHub: PTthe13)
- Based in: Leiria, Portugal · works in Portuguese and English
- Born: 1987, in Coimbra, Portugal
- Roles: founder & CTO of amplified creations (since 2014); CTO of RVer (since 2021), CTO of VRBox.io (since 2017), CTO & CCO of Delicious Diamonds (since 2018); photographer & director since 2007
- Known for: RVer, immersive VR registered as a Class I medical device (INFARMED · EUDAMED); AI, VR and SaaS products used in 70+ countries
- Writes about: medical VR, health technology, AI and building products (255 articles)
- Contact: ola@pedrothomaz.pt · https://www.linkedin.com/in/pedrothomaz · Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q142090512
- Portrait (his own photo, CC BY-SA 4.0): https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pedro_Thomaz,_technologist,_portrait.jpg

## Roles

- [amplified creations](https://amplifiedcreations.com): Founder & CTO (since 2014). Independent digital studio. Pedro owns the architecture, the stack and the quality bar — HealthTech, virtual tours, employer branding, AI automation and RAG assistants.
- [RVer](https://rver.pt): CTO (since 2021). Immersive VR registered as a Class I medical device with INFARMED and EUDAMED, used in hospitals, clinics and care homes.
- [VRBox.io](https://vrbox.io): CTO (since 2017). An internationally recognised platform for 3D and 360° virtual tours.
- [Delicious Diamonds](https://deliciousdiamonds.pt): CTO & CCO (creative) (since 2018). Premium bonbon brand from Leiria. Pedro runs the tech and the creative — from the boutique and configurator to every campaign.
- [Pedro Thomaz Photography](https://photo.pedrothomaz.pt): Photographer & director (since 2007). Automotive, brands and people, stills and motion — Porsche, Mercedes-Benz and BMW among them.

## Products shipped

- [Coffee](https://coffeetext.app) (2026): A native Markdown text editor. Fast, zero dependencies, built-in MCP server.
- [Vitra](https://vitrahealth.app) (2026): A calm, local-first desktop companion for the Oura ring, in six languages.
- [lateapex](https://lateapex.app) (2026): A map of great driving roads: an algorithm seeds the map, drivers rate the roads.
- [Sill](https://ptthe13.github.io/sill/) (2026): A system-load wave along the edge of your Mac desktop. Open source, MIT.

## Writing

Pedro has written 255 articles: 169 on the RVer blog (medical VR, pain and anxiety, care homes, palliative care) and 83 on the amplified creations journal (product, engineering, AI, medical software), both in English, plus 3 opinion columns in Portuguese for The Next Big Idea (https://thenextbigidea.pt/author/pedro-thomaz/).

- [All articles (HTML)](https://pedrothomaz.pt/writing/)
- [All articles (Markdown, one line each)](https://pedrothomaz.pt/writing/index.md)
- [RSS feed](https://pedrothomaz.pt/writing/feed.xml)

### Recent on the RVer blog

- [«Último a Decidir»: what we said about RVer on FI Group's podcast](https://rver.pt/blog/podcast-ultimo-a-decidir-fi-group/en/) (RVer, 2026-11-10): RVer's CTO Pedro Thomaz was the guest on episode 31 of «Último a Decidir». How RVer started, why it is filmed on a tripod, its medical device registration and why the headsets stay ours.
- [Pain scales: VAS, numeric, faces and PAINAD, which to use and when](https://rver.pt/blog/escalas-de-dor-eva-numerica-faces-painad/en/) (RVer, 2026-11-10): The most used pain scales, how each one works, who it suits, and what to do when the person can no longer say they are in pain.
- [After the ICU: what a 344-patient trial showed about virtual reality and mental health](https://rver.pt/blog/depois-da-uci-realidade-virtual-saude-mental/en/) (RVer, 2026-11-10): A trial in 11 hospitals in the Netherlands and Belgium tested a 360° ICU video in discharged patients. It did not reduce post-traumatic stress. Why that is useful to know too.
- [Why nature calms us, and what virtual reality is teaching us about it](https://rver.pt/blog/natureza-acalma-o-que-a-realidade-virtual-ensina/en/) (RVer, 2026-11-05): A Drexel University study measured brain activity in 32 adults across gardens, natural landscapes and an office, all in 360° video. What they found and what it says about choosing content.
- [Virtual reality in endoscopy: what we know about pain and anxiety during the exam](https://rver.pt/blog/realidade-virtual-endoscopia-colonoscopia/en/) (RVer, 2026-11-03): An unsedated colonoscopy hurts and frightens. What a randomised trial found about virtual reality during the exam, and what is still unknown.
- [Addiction: the place of relaxation during treatment](https://rver.pt/blog/dependencias-relaxamento-realidade-virtual-tratamento/en/) (RVer, 2026-11-02): In addiction, virtual reality has been studied for relaxation and for exposure to substance cues. They are different things. What the studies say about relaxation with 360° nature, how to choose scenes and what the technology does not do.
- [World Children's Day 2026: the right to play, in hospital too](https://rver.pt/blog/dia-internacional-direitos-da-crianca-2026-brincar-no-hospital/en/) (RVer, 2026-10-30): World Children's Day, the UN day for the rights of the child, is on 20 November. What the day is, what the charter for children in hospital says, and what changes when a child on the ward can play and know what will happen to them.
- [Depression in care homes: when sadness goes unnoticed](https://rver.pt/blog/depressao-idosos-lar-sinais-e-o-que-ajuda/en/) (RVer, 2026-10-29): Depression is far more common in care homes than at home, and in older people it often shows up as pain, tiredness or withdrawal. How to recognise it, how it differs from apathy and what the team can do day to day.
- [NEXXT Ideas 2026: RVer took the stage in Leiria](https://rver.pt/blog/nexxt-ideas-leiria-2026/en/) (RVer, 2026-10-28): The NEXXT Leiria jury chose ten ideas from the region for the NEXXT Ideas 2026 showcase. RVer was one of them, on a panel with Fernando Alvim.
- [The first session: the first five minutes](https://rver.pt/blog/primeira-sessao-realidade-virtual-primeiros-cinco-minutos/en/) (RVer, 2026-10-27): What happens in the first minutes of the first session often decides whether there will be a second. A practical guide for whoever runs it: choosing the moment, explaining, showing the headset and knowing when to stop.

### Recent on the amplified creations journal

- [Digital twins in Portugal: what they are, what they are for and what they cost](https://amplifiedcreations.com/journal/gemeo-digital-portugal) (amplified creations, 2026-11-10): A digital twin is a model connected to the real thing and kept up to date. What separates it from BIM, a 3D survey or a virtual tour, real examples in Portugal from Lisbon to the Escoural Cave, uses, costs and where to start.
- [Photography for car dealerships: a system for everyday stock, special content for special cars](https://amplifiedcreations.com/journal/fotografia-stands-automoveis) (amplified creations, 2026-10-27): Everyday cars get photographed in-house, with a system of your own; only special cars call for special content. The 15 photos, in order, the spot, the rules, and a printable A4 guide.
- [Photography agency or freelance photographer? How to choose, and when it isn’t worth paying more](https://amplifiedcreations.com/journal/agencia-fotografia-ou-fotografo-freelancer) (amplified creations, 2026-10-26): There are photo shoots for €30 and for €600 or more, and both exist for a reason. When a freelancer is enough, when an agency pays off, who owns commissioned photos in Portugal, and what to ask before you hire.
- [Property virtual tours in Portugal: what they cost, how long they take and where to publish them](https://amplifiedcreations.com/journal/visita-virtual-imoveis-guia) (amplified creations, 2026-10-21): A practical guide for estate agencies: what a virtual tour of a property costs, how long it takes, how to add it to Idealista and Imovirtual, and what the law asks of the images.
- [Virtual tours on construction sites: 8 ideas, from the crane cab to seeing through walls](https://amplifiedcreations.com/journal/virtual-tours-construction-sites) (amplified creations, 2026-10-08): Construction companies want to show their sites as modern work. The same 360° capture also gives a walkable timeline of every phase, design versus as-built, tours from the CAD, and five more ideas.
- [OpenAI Dots and the AI agents that keep working when you close the laptop](https://amplifiedcreations.com/journal/ai-agents-that-keep-working) (amplified creations, 2026-10-02): OpenAI’s new Dots run on their own cloud computer and keep going after you log off, joining Meta’s Muse, Google’s Gemini Spark and Microsoft’s Scout. What they do, why individual users in Europe can’t get them yet, and what to delegate, and never delegate, to one.
- [AMD is buying World Labs: what AI world models mean for 3D, VR and virtual tours](https://amplifiedcreations.com/journal/amd-world-labs-world-models) (amplified creations, 2026-10-01): AMD will pay about $8.2 billion for Fei-Fei Li’s World Labs, the startup that turns photos and text into walkable 3D worlds. Why a chipmaker wants it, and what generated worlds can and cannot replace in 3D capture, VR and 360° tours.
- [Radar: every public tender in Portugal on one free page](https://amplifiedcreations.com/journal/radar-public-tenders-portugal) (amplified creations, 2026-09-30): Every public tender in Portugal on one free page: notices from BASE, Diário da República and TED, searchable by sector and district, on a live map. We built it so we would stop missing the ones that fit us. Now it is yours.
- [Virtual Tours for Real Estate: What Works and What Is Just a Gimmick](https://amplifiedcreations.com/journal/visita-virtual-imobiliario) (amplified creations, 2026-09-29): A well-made virtual tour lifts conversion on a property a lot; a badly made one does nothing. What years of real-estate tours taught us: 3D is mostly a gimmick, 360° photography is what people actually look at, and the tour alone does not sell the house.
- [VR in Portuguese Healthcare: What Is in Use and What INFARMED Requires](https://amplifiedcreations.com/journal/realidade-virtual-saude-portugal) (amplified creations, 2026-09-28): Virtual reality is already used in Portuguese hospitals, clinics and care homes as a non-drug complement to care. What it is used for today, who runs the sessions, and what it takes for a VR system to be a medical device registered in EUDAMED and with INFARMED (Portugal).

### Opinion column on The Next Big Idea (in Portuguese)

All his columns: https://thenextbigidea.pt/author/pedro-thomaz/

- [A realidade virtual é das tecnologias mais potentes que conheço. Porque é que quase ninguém ganha dinheiro com ela?](https://thenextbigidea.pt/opinioes/a-realidade-virtual-e-das-tecnologias-mais-potentes-que-conheco-porque-e-que-quase-ninguem-ganha-dinheiro-com-ela/) (The Next Big Idea, 2026-11-11): Há uma frase que se ouve em quase todas as conversas entre quem trabalha com realidade virtual e aumentada: quase ninguém consegue tornar isto rentável. Ouvi-a em feiras, em chamadas com parceiros, em jantares com outros fundadores. E os…
- [Quinze dias, não trinta](https://thenextbigidea.pt/opinioes/quinze-dias-nao-trinta/) (The Next Big Idea, 2026-10-15): Há umas semanas, alguém com muito mais experiência do que eu a vender na área da saúde deu-me um conselho que me ficou na cabeça: nunca dês mais de quinze dias para alguém testar o teu produto. Na altura achei exagerado. Depois lembrei-m…
- [Quem decidiu que isto não é um dispositivo médico?](https://thenextbigidea.pt/opinioes/quem-decidiu-que-isto-nao-e-um-dispositivo-medico/) (The Next Big Idea, 2026-09-07): Quem decidiu que isto não é um dispositivo médico? Ninguém. Na maior parte das empresas a resposta é literalmente ninguém, e é isso que me incomoda. O teu anel diz-te de manhã que hoje não deves treinar. E tu não treinas. Acabou de acont…

## Media & talks

- [The Next Big Idea — Opinion](https://thenextbigidea.pt/author/pedro-thomaz/) (11 Nov 2026): Opinion column, in Portuguese — 3 pieces so far. Newest: «A realidade virtual é das tecnologias mais potentes que conheço. Porque é que quase ninguém ganha dinheiro com ela?».
- [Último a Decidir — Podcast](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHxXWyXI5S0) (09 Nov 2026): EP 31 — Pedro Thomaz, CTO da RVer. FI Group Portugal's podcast on leadership, innovation and the big decisions. Host: Fábio Gomes. Episode page with chapters and notes: https://www.f-gomes.com/en/podcast/pedro-thomaz
- [Digitalidade — Podcast](https://open.spotify.com/episode/09HaIubP91mivrDP806jGI) (05 Nov 2026): Envelhecer em Portugal: a transformação digital dos lares — how VR and tech can improve life in care homes.
- [Easy Medical Device — Podcast](https://podcast.easymedicaldevice.com/413-2/) (29 Oct 2026): EP 413 — "We didn't know we needed to be a medical device": RVer's road to Class I CE marking under the MDR.
- [NEXXT Ideas Leiria — Stage](https://rver.pt/blog/nexxt-ideas-leiria-2026/) (28 Oct 2026): One of ten projects picked by the jury — RVer on stage at Teatro Miguel Franco, Social, Health & Environment panel.
- [Sábado — Press](https://www.sabado.pt/ciencia---saude/detalhe/a-inteligencia-artificial-ja-esta-a-mudar-a-saude) (27 Oct 2026): A Inteligência Artificial (já) está a mudar a Saúde — RVer in the story on how AI is reshaping healthcare.
- [Link to Leaders — Press](https://linktoleaders.com/empresa-de-leiria-quer-expandir-o-seu-sistema-de-rv-para-uso-clinico-no-mercado-internacional/) (05 Oct 2026): Empresa de Leiria quer expandir o seu sistema de RV para uso clínico no mercado internacional.
- [Univ. Leiria & Oeste — Talk](undefined) (Sep 2026): Teaching VR in rehabilitation — certified training at the School of Health.
- [The CTO Club — Interview](https://thectoclub.com/career/pedro-thomaz/) (04 Jun 2026): CTO warns engineers: don't assume AI is secure — on AI as foundation, security and senior judgment.

## Frequently asked

- Who is Pedro Thomaz? A Portuguese technologist based in Leiria, Portugal, born in 1987: founder and CTO of amplified creations (since 2014), CTO of RVer and VRBox.io, and CTO & CCO of Delicious Diamonds. Other people share the name; this site is about him only.
- How old is Pedro Thomaz? He was born in 1987 in Coimbra, Portugal. If you are looking for another Pedro Thomaz, this is not him: this site is about the technologist based in Leiria.
- What does Pedro Thomaz do? He leads technology and still writes the code. He owns the architecture, the stack and the quality bar of AI, VR and SaaS products used in 70+ countries.
- What is RVer? Immersive virtual reality registered as a Class I medical device with INFARMED and EUDAMED, used in hospitals, clinics and care homes. Pedro Thomaz has been its CTO since 2021.
- What has he built? The platforms behind amplified creations, RVer and VRBox.io, and in 2026 four products of his own: Coffee (a native Markdown editor), Vitra (a local-first Oura companion), lateapex (a map of great driving roads) and Sill (an open-source macOS tool).
- What does he write about? Medical VR (pain, anxiety, care homes, palliative care), health technology, AI and building software products, on the RVer blog and the amplified creations journal.
- Is he also a photographer? Yes, since 2007: automotive, brands and people, with Porsche, Mercedes-Benz and BMW among the clients. The portfolio lives at photo.pedrothomaz.pt.
- How do I contact Pedro Thomaz? Email ola@pedrothomaz.pt or message him on LinkedIn. The datasheet page prints as a one-page CV.

## Em português

Pedro Thomaz é um tecnólogo português, de Leiria: fundador e CTO da amplified creations (desde 2014), CTO da RVer, um sistema de realidade virtual registado como dispositivo médico de Classe I (INFARMED · EUDAMED), CTO da VRBox.io e CTO & CCO da Delicious Diamonds. Leva produtos de IA, realidade virtual e SaaS do protótipo a plataformas usadas em mais de 70 países, e continua a escrever o código.

- [Perfil em português](https://pedrothomaz.pt/pt/) (Markdown: https://pedrothomaz.pt/pt/index.md)

## Optional

- [amplified creations](https://pedrothomaz.pt/amplified-creations/): Founder & CTO — Independent digital studio. Pedro owns the architecture, the stack and the quality bar — HealthTech, virtual tours, employer branding, AI automation and RAG assistants.
- [RVer](https://pedrothomaz.pt/rver/): CTO — Immersive VR registered as a Class I medical device with INFARMED and EUDAMED, used in hospitals, clinics and care homes.
- [VRBox.io](https://pedrothomaz.pt/vrbox/): CTO — An internationally recognised platform for 3D and 360° virtual tours.
- [Delicious Diamonds](https://pedrothomaz.pt/delicious-diamonds/): CTO & CCO — Premium bonbon brand from Leiria. Pedro runs the tech and the creative — from the boutique and configurator to every campaign.
- [Coffee](https://pedrothomaz.pt/coffee/): Builder — A native Markdown text editor. Fast, zero dependencies, built-in MCP server.
- [Vitra](https://pedrothomaz.pt/vitra/): Builder — A calm, local-first desktop companion for the Oura ring, in six languages.
- [lateapex](https://pedrothomaz.pt/lateapex/): Builder — A map of great driving roads: an algorithm seeds the map, drivers rate the roads.
- [Sill](https://pedrothomaz.pt/sill/): Builder — A system-load wave along the edge of your Mac desktop. Open source, MIT.
- [Press kit](https://pedrothomaz.pt/press/): short and long bio, photos, facts (Markdown: https://pedrothomaz.pt/press/index.md)
- [This profile as Markdown](https://pedrothomaz.pt/index.md): also served at https://pedrothomaz.pt/ for `Accept: text/markdown`
- [Full profile for LLMs](https://pedrothomaz.pt/llms-full.txt)
- [Profile as JSON](https://pedrothomaz.pt/api/profile.json): roles, products, media and latest writing
- [MCP server](https://pedrothomaz.pt/api/mcp.php): ask about Pedro from any MCP client (JSON-RPC over HTTP)
- [Live status](https://pedrothomaz.pt/status/): uptime of the products he runs
- [Signed build manifest](https://pedrothomaz.pt/build.json): SHA-256 of every file, Ed25519-signed
- [Datasheet / one-page CV](https://pedrothomaz.pt/datasheet/): the same profile as a product spec sheet; prints as an A4 CV
- [Now](https://pedrothomaz.pt/now/): what he is building this month, generated from his git history (JSON: https://pedrothomaz.pt/now/now.json)
- [Uses](https://pedrothomaz.pt/uses/): his hardware, software and gear
- [Photography portfolio](https://photo.pedrothomaz.pt)