John Carmack
A legendary game engine developer known for creating Doom and Quake, a key technical figure at id Software and Oculus VR, co-founder of Keen Technologies alongside Richard Sutton, and recipient of the 2024 Turing Award.
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The Hacker News post points to a tweet posted by John Carmack, with tweet ID 2113704269274636568.
John Carmack is a co-founder of id Software and led the development of game engines such as Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, and Quake.
After leaving id Software, John Carmack served as CTO of Oculus VR, then moved into the aerospace field, founding Armadillo Aerospace and joining SpaceX-related software work.
At QuakeCon, Fabien Sanglard had lunch with developers including John Carmack, John Romero, Tom Hall, and Adrian Carmack, and they talked about Michael Abrash's assembly-level optimization of the Quake engine.
John Carmack recently posted views on a social platform that were summarized as 'Don't be the out of touch Kung Fu master.'
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John Carmack is the core developer of Doom and Quake and a co-founder of id Software.
60%UnverifiedThe Hacker News post points to a tweet posted by John Carmack, with tweet ID 2113704269274636568.
50%UnverifiedJohn Carmack is a co-founder of id Software and led the development of game engines such as Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, and Quake.
50%UnverifiedAfter leaving id Software, John Carmack served as CTO of Oculus VR, then moved into the aerospace field, founding Armadillo Aerospace and joining SpaceX-related software work.
50%UnverifiedAt QuakeCon, Fabien Sanglard had lunch with developers including John Carmack, John Romero, Tom Hall, and Adrian Carmack, and they talked about Michael Abrash's assembly-level optimization of the Quake engine.
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