wraggster
August 7th, 2013, 19:46
Virtual reality firm opens new Dallas office
Id software co-founder and technical director John Carmack has joined Oculus as its chief technology officer.
Carmack will work from the virtual reality company’s new office in Dallas, which the firm is currently in the process of staffing up.
A spokesperson has told Develop that he has joined the company on a full-time basis.
“I have fond memories of the development work that led to a lot of great things in modern gaming – the intensity of the first person experience, LAN and internet play, game mods, and so on,” he said.
“Duct taping a strap and hot gluing sensors onto Palmer’s early prototype Rift and writing the code to drive it ranks right up there. Now is a special time. I believe that VR will have a huge impact in the coming years, but everyone working today is a pioneer. The paradigms that everyone will take for granted in the future are being figured out today; probably by people reading this message.
http://www.develop-online.net/news/45031/Oculus-appoints-John-Carmack-as-CTO
Id software co-founder and technical director John Carmack has joined Oculus as its chief technology officer.
Carmack will work from the virtual reality company’s new office in Dallas, which the firm is currently in the process of staffing up.
A spokesperson has told Develop that he has joined the company on a full-time basis.
“I have fond memories of the development work that led to a lot of great things in modern gaming – the intensity of the first person experience, LAN and internet play, game mods, and so on,” he said.
“Duct taping a strap and hot gluing sensors onto Palmer’s early prototype Rift and writing the code to drive it ranks right up there. Now is a special time. I believe that VR will have a huge impact in the coming years, but everyone working today is a pioneer. The paradigms that everyone will take for granted in the future are being figured out today; probably by people reading this message.
http://www.develop-online.net/news/45031/Oculus-appoints-John-Carmack-as-CTO