As reported by the New York Times (readers may encounter a paywall), John Carmack has left his position with Meta. Carmack had previously been CTO of Oculus, and stayed with the company after its acqu
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As reported by the New York Times (opens in new tab) (readers may encounter a paywall), John Carmack has left his position with Meta. Carmack had previously been CTO of Oculus, and stayed with the company after its acquisition by Facebook (now Meta) in 2014.
After Carmack’s internal announcement of his departure was leaked to the press, the developer published it in full on his public Facebook (opens in new tab) account, declaring “This is the end of my decade in VR. I have mixed feelings.”
Carmack praises the Quest 2 as a piece of hardware, writing that the headset “is almost exactly what I wanted to see from the beginning—mobile hardware, inside out tracking, optional PC streaming, 4k (ish) screen, cost effective.” While Carmack has misgivings about the software, he is heartened by the Quest line’s sales success and mass adoption.
“The issue,” Carmack writes, “is our efficiency.
