John Carmack Joins Oculus VR as New CTO

8th August, 0 replies

John Carmack, id Software

John Carmack, co-founder of id Software and lead programmer on Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, and Quake, has joined Oculus as their Chief Technology Officer (CTO).

Carmack has been a supporter of Oculus and the Oculus Rift virtual-reality headset ever since the team unveiling of the VR headset last year, and was the first developer to incorporate a game into the technology with Doom 3: BFG Edition.

Carmack released a statement concerning his new position for the Oculus community:

“I have fond memories of the development work that led to a lot of great things in modern gaming – the intensity of the first person experience, LAN and internet play, game mods, and so on. Duct taping a strap and hot gluing sensors onto Palmer’s early prototype Rift and writing the code to drive it ranks right up there. Now is a special time. I believe that VR will have a huge impact in the coming years, but everyone working today is a pioneer. The paradigms that everyone will take for granted in the future are being figured out today; probably by people reading this message. It’s certainly not there yet. There is a lot more work to do, and there are problems we don’t even know about that will need to be solved, but I am eager to work on them. It’s going to be awesome!”

Carmack is one of the video game industry's most influential figures, so it's exciting to see him officially become a part of the Oculus team. The Oculus Rift itself has continued to gain traction over the last year, with multiple innovative gaming and other technological feats being accomplished with the hardware.

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