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John Carmack joining Oculus was a quick reason to think: "hm, this team has people who know how to get things done and launch." Maybe Magic Leap has the same t

by wrsh07 10y ago

John Carmack joining Oculus was a quick reason to think: "hm, this team has people who know how to get things done and launch." Maybe Magic Leap has the same types of engineers [does Graeme have the same reputation as hyper productive dev?], but there are reasons Carmack has this reputation [1]. And I've known and worked with people like this. People who are utterly relentless. Insanely productive. And honestly? I would always bet on them. Every single time. It's just a major key that I don't know anything about on the Magic Leap team. [1]: http://venturebeat.com/2015/01/27/how-john-carmack-pestered-microsoft-to-let-him-make-minecraft-for-gear-vr/ http://venturebeat.com/2015/01/27/how-john-carmack-pestered-...

drzaiusapelord 10y ago
By the time Carmack joined the Oculus Rift's CV1 technology and design was mostly finished. Carmack is reportedly focused on Oculus's mobile offerings which we have yet to see or is indeed the Santa Cruz prototype which, if rumors are to believed, is a mobile SoC powered inside-out markerless VR headset. When I saw the SC prototype I instantly thought this is what Carmack must has been working on. Not shoving cellphones into $20 goggles and working out the kinks like many think mobile VR would turn out. I think there's some practical considerations here with the "magic engineer" who can do anything quickly and, of course, the laws of diminishing or even negative returns outlined in books like the Mythical Man-Month. Even the impressive Santa Cruz is years out from being sold. Graphically it cannot compete with the PC-based systems it would ultimately compete with.
- revelation 10y ago
  The history between Carmack and Oculus goes much further back and predates the company itself: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oculus_Rift#Initial_prototypes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oculus_Rift#Initial_prototypes
wang_li 10y ago
It seems like every one of the guys who have gone to work at Id Software with Carmack have found themselves completely overwhelmed. They're all competent and brilliant people, but they're not Carmack.

by wrsh07 10y ago

drzaiusapelord 10y ago

By the time Carmack joined the Oculus Rift's CV1 technology and design was mostly finished. Carmack is reportedly focused on Oculus's mobile offerings which we have yet to see or is indeed the Santa Cruz prototype which, if rumors are to believed, is a mobile SoC powered inside-out markerless VR headset. When I saw the SC prototype I instantly thought this is what Carmack must has been working on. Not shoving cellphones into $20 goggles and working out the kinks like many think mobile VR would turn out. I think there's some practical considerations here with the "magic engineer" who can do anything quickly and, of course, the laws of diminishing or even negative returns outlined in books like the Mythical Man-Month. Even the impressive Santa Cruz is years out from being sold. Graphically it cannot compete with the PC-based systems it would ultimately compete with.

revelation 10y ago
The history between Carmack and Oculus goes much further back and predates the company itself: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oculus_Rift#Initial_prototypes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oculus_Rift#Initial_prototypes

wang_li 10y ago

It seems like every one of the guys who have gone to work at Id Software with Carmack have found themselves completely overwhelmed. They're all competent and brilliant people, but they're not Carmack.