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Yea but John Carmack's identity is not just about Consulting CTO for Oculus. He is much bigger than that.
by codegeek 4y ago
Yea but John Carmack's identity is not just about Consulting CTO for Oculus. He is much bigger than that.
- mrguyorama 4y agoHe chose to bolt himself onto the Facebook monster, so he loses all respect from me for that. You can be the smartest person in the world and still do stupid and harmful things. The world would be better if he did nothing, rather than making the Oculus platform more competitive. I think I'd rather see VR struggle to survive than Facebook have a de-facto stranglehold on the ecosystem.
- dale_glass 4y agoI'd have much preferred something other than Facebook, but it can't be denied that VR needed a lot of money to be anywhere near decent. I've got all the Oculus hardware starting from the DK1. * DK1 is 100% a proof of concept. It's not suitable for anything but really primitive gaming. * DK2 is the bare minimum acceptable to play games with. You have to squint at critical information in Elite. That was using a Galaxy Note 4 screen, from a high end, expensive phone. The modern tech is absolutely critical to giving it an enjoyable experience. Good controllers, excellent tracking without having to place cameras around carefully, high enough resolution that games can actually show text to the player.