John Carmack is a co-founder of id Software. He is programmer of many useful games like Doom, Quake and Wolfenstein 3D. While the programmer has long gone off, id has already left the company, and has been consulting on Twitter since 2013. At least until he announced his plans for Friday’s exit from Meta.
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In an internal memo, which the publication called the draconian, announced that he’d quit the company. In the memo, posted reportedly on one of Metas internal workplace forums, Carmack criticised Metas efforts in augmented reality and virtual reality.
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In Carmacks memo, it says: “This is the end of my five-year career.” I got a mixed reaction. The problem is with Meta.
Some people ask me why I think that there is a need to know how it’s going to progress. Carmack asked. If I want to influence others, that organization that knows only its inefficient isnt prepared for the inevitable competition and/or belt-tightening, but in reality seeing a 5% GPU utilization figure is more inspiring. The children are suffering from labor. I get offended by it.
John Carmack continues to express her frustrations about his position and the direction of the company. He shared that despite his high position, he couldn’t do it as quickly as he wanted, and that I would never succeed if they did it and set a direction and a team Really stick with it.
The memo ended up being mailed to Carmack with a more optimistic note: Enough complaining. Im tired of fighting and I’m really trying, but we can still win. Virtual reality can bring value to people all over the world. No company is more successful than Meta. [] Make Better Decisions and Make Your Products Too Damned!
With VR in mind, the founders of Oculus recently designed a new headset that would kill a player who dies in-game, and if Meta isn’t your thing, PSVR2 will be coming soon.