{"id":1249,"date":"2022-12-27T17:11:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-28T01:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/virtualrealityobserver.com\/?p=1249"},"modified":"2022-12-27T17:11:03","modified_gmt":"2022-12-28T01:11:03","slug":"carmack-departs-meta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/virtualrealityobserver.com\/carmack-departs-meta\/","title":{"rendered":"Carmack Departs Meta"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>John Carmack has <a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/2022\/12\/17\/john-carmack-leaves-meta-as-investors-doubt-metaverse-push-by-mark-zuckerberg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">stepped down<\/a> from his position as consulting CTO at Meta and issued criticisms of the company\u2019s approach to building a metaverse. Having been with Oculus since 2013 and with a huge contribution to various areas of technological development behind him, Carmack was considered an important part of Meta\u2019s team and an industry leader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/virtualrealityobserver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vro_carmackout_horizon.jpg\" alt=\"Meta's Metaverse\" class=\"wp-image-1250 lazyload\" width=\"675\" height=\"380\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/virtualrealityobserver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vro_carmackout_horizon.jpg 960w, https:\/\/virtualrealityobserver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vro_carmackout_horizon-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/virtualrealityobserver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vro_carmackout_horizon-768x432.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 675px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 675\/380;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/virtualrealityobserver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vro_carmackout_horizon.jpg\" alt=\"Meta's Metaverse\" class=\"wp-image-1250\" width=\"675\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/virtualrealityobserver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vro_carmackout_horizon.jpg 960w, https:\/\/virtualrealityobserver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vro_carmackout_horizon-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/virtualrealityobserver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vro_carmackout_horizon-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">John Carmack has been critical of Meta&#8217;s focus on building a metaverse and its methods of doing so. [Image: Meta]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Having <a href=\"https:\/\/vrscout.com\/news\/john-carmack-steps-down-from-oculus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">stated<\/a> multiple times in the past that he was not entirely confident in Meta\u2019s designs for building a metaverse, Carmack has made it clear, however, that he believes the metaverse will arrive and that VR will contribute significantly to its success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Legend Moves On<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full is-resized is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/virtualrealityobserver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vro_carmackout_oculus.jpg\" alt=\"Carmack with an early Oculus prototype.\" class=\"wp-image-1251 lazyload\" width=\"425\" height=\"340\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/virtualrealityobserver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vro_carmackout_oculus.jpg 530w, https:\/\/virtualrealityobserver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vro_carmackout_oculus-300x240.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 425px) 100vw, 425px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 425px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 425\/340;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/virtualrealityobserver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vro_carmackout_oculus.jpg\" alt=\"Carmack with an early Oculus prototype.\" class=\"wp-image-1251\" width=\"425\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/virtualrealityobserver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vro_carmackout_oculus.jpg 530w, https:\/\/virtualrealityobserver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vro_carmackout_oculus-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 425px) 100vw, 425px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Carmack with an early Oculus prototype. [Image: Oculus]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Having \u201cwearied of the fight\u201d with Meta, Carmack will now focus on his own startup, <a href=\"https:\/\/community.element14.com\/members-area\/b\/blog\/posts\/john-carmack-introduces-new-agi-startup-keen-technologies-and-has-raised-20-million\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Keen Technologies<\/a>, which aims to develop AI technologies, including Artificial General Intelligence (AGI).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Carmack\u2019s powerful influence over tech developments and strong reputation in his chosen fields arose from his success as co-founder and lead programmer of id Software, which produced such acclaimed titles as Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, and Quake.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Carmack has stepped down from his position as consulting CTO at Meta and issued criticisms of the company\u2019s approach<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":1253,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[109,61],"class_list":["post-1249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-meta","tag-vr-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - 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