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Carmack invented modern VR

• Someone1234 9y ago
  "Modern VR" has a lineage dating all the way back to the 1950s and has seen progressive advancement (in step with technology) since. No single person invented modern VR, and certainly not someone who wasn't even involved until five-seven years ago that's absurd. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_reality#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_reality#History This will no doubt boil down to some warped definition of what the term "modern" means.
  • ffwacom 9y ago
    Modern VR as in sticking a phone screen 50mm from your eyeballs. Carmack did a lot of the work tackling the latency and tracking issues.
• ksk 9y ago
  That maybe correct, and I have huge respect for John (I've watched and re-watched all of his keynotes and lectures), but we're talking about rockets here. >Elon Musk, who studied aerospace on his own, is building rockets. John Carmack, who holds no degree at all, has done the same on a smaller scale.
  • whatyoucantsay 9y ago
    Do you dispute that Carmack built rockets? Have you read Masters of Doom or even Googled the question? http://bfy.tw/H8Z5 http://bfy.tw/H8Z5
    • ksk 9y ago
      Indeed, he was part of a team that built rockets. I even said his role was unclear to me. Can you link to any document detailing his involvement? Edit: Please don't take this as a diss on his work. Just because one didn't play a role in designing the rockets, doesn't mean they were not crucial to the project.