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The developer of Doom is building the corporate Metaverse. You guys are pulling my leg, right?

by JieJie 4y ago

msa_ds 4y ago
Every single one of my childhood heroes has committed suicide before my eyes by doing stuff like this. I always considered them having some solid morals and being wealthy enough would make this improbable but boy I was wrong. Oh well, they can't kill the old memories, yet.
- SXX 4y ago
  To be honest Carmack have a good reasons to work on it even if it means work for TheEvilCorp: first of all if you listen to him he is truly interested in advancing VR tech. So he doesn't do it just for the money. Also I guess he run out of money when Armadillo Aerospace has failed and at least before he talked like he want to make second attempt in space industry and this will require a lot of money.
  - slavik81 4y ago
    Carmack shut down Armadillo Aerospace before it got to that point. I don't recall where he spoke about it, but he has talked about this in the past.
    - SXX 4y ago
      Good for him then, but AFAIK he is still very much into space and I hope he'll have another chance even if it's gonna be funded by money Facebook gave him. PS: Might be something changed by now, but I hope not. I really need to check latest podcasts / interviews with him.
Bluecobra 4y ago
In the Metaverse, no one can pull your leg because they forgot to code it. :D
Karsteski 4y ago
Yes, it's very unfortunate that he is associated with Facebook now :| Such great technology, that I'll never use until other companies are able to catch up. The idea of using any sort of VR tech that Facebook controls literally disgusts me. Can't even imagine the amount of information they will control on people with such things...
- p1necone 4y ago
  The Vive is just as good as the Oculus (VR games with a decent gaming PC hooked up is a much better experience than the all in one stuff that's running on mobile hardware). I'd also look out for the PSVR 2 when that releases - just as walled garden as Oculus but it's not Facebook.
loud_groan 4y ago
He has been, and continues to be, a huge jackass. You're just seeing his true form.

The developer of Doom is building the corporate Metaverse. You guys are pulling my leg, right?

by JieJie 4y ago

The developer of Doom is building the corporate Metaverse. You guys are pulling my leg, right?

Every single one of my childhood heroes has committed suicide before my eyes by doing stuff like this. I always considered them having some solid morals and being wealthy enough would make this improbable but boy I was wrong. Oh well, they can't kill the old memories, yet.

SXX 4y ago
To be honest Carmack have a good reasons to work on it even if it means work for TheEvilCorp: first of all if you listen to him he is truly interested in advancing VR tech. So he doesn't do it just for the money. Also I guess he run out of money when Armadillo Aerospace has failed and at least before he talked like he want to make second attempt in space industry and this will require a lot of money.
- slavik81 4y ago
  Carmack shut down Armadillo Aerospace before it got to that point. I don't recall where he spoke about it, but he has talked about this in the past.
  - SXX 4y ago
    Good for him then, but AFAIK he is still very much into space and I hope he'll have another chance even if it's gonna be funded by money Facebook gave him. PS: Might be something changed by now, but I hope not. I really need to check latest podcasts / interviews with him.

Bluecobra 4y ago

In the Metaverse, no one can pull your leg because they forgot to code it. :D

Karsteski 4y ago

Yes, it's very unfortunate that he is associated with Facebook now :| Such great technology, that I'll never use until other companies are able to catch up. The idea of using any sort of VR tech that Facebook controls literally disgusts me. Can't even imagine the amount of information they will control on people with such things...

p1necone 4y ago
The Vive is just as good as the Oculus (VR games with a decent gaming PC hooked up is a much better experience than the all in one stuff that's running on mobile hardware). I'd also look out for the PSVR 2 when that releases - just as walled garden as Oculus but it's not Facebook.

loud_groan 4y ago

He has been, and continues to be, a huge jackass. You're just seeing his true form.