Not directly related to the topic, but one interesting thing I noticed in the video is that the characters have proper arms, rather than just disembodied hands.

Not directly related to the topic, but one interesting thing I noticed in the video is that the characters have proper arms, rather than just disembodied hands. In the long interview Lex Friedman did with Carmack, the latter specifically mentioned how elbows didn't end up working from a 'UX' perspective (since they don't properly reflect real-world elbow positioning). But perhaps this was only an issue from a first-person view, and the actual users of this, uh, abomination don't see their own elbows? Anyways, more on topic, I agree that specs should be fine for much nicer graphics and it's baffling that with all their investments and even changing the name of the company, they produce this...