Carmack has had a material role in advancing VR gaming tech even recently. Just one example is that he petitioned Samsung to remove the requirement for triple-

Carmack has had a material role in advancing VR gaming tech even recently. Just one example is that he petitioned Samsung to remove the requirement for triple-buffering on their screens, to allow for better latency and in-game experience. Samsung declined, so he hacked apart his phone to make a proof-of-concept prototype of the screen without the triple-buffering. He demoed this to Samsung, and they agreed to make the change because the experience was so much better. It's tough to say "what game has Carmack had an impact on lately", because the scope of his role has was to impact the ecosystem of games and VR as a whole. You don't see pushback on Joe Biden along the lines of "But what has he done for Scranton lately?", because the role of president encompasses a larger scope. Similarly, the role of John Carmack has been larger in scope than improving one game at a time (and has been for a while).