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John D. Carmack II (born August 21, 1970) is an American computer programmer and video game developer. He co-founded the video game company id Software and was the lead programmer of its 1990s games Commander Keen, Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, Quake, and their sequels. Carmack made innovations in 3D computer graphics, such as his Carmack's Reverse algorithm for shadow volumes. In 2013, he resigned from id Software to work full-time at Oculus VR as their CTO. In 2019, he reduced his role to Consulting
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Microsoft laid off id Software employees, and John Carmack’s response is hitting a nerve
John Carmack Weighs In on id Software Job Cuts – “My ‘Microsoft Will Probably Be a Good Steward’ Statement Isn’t Aging Well”
John Carmack Reminds Microsoft He'll Guarantee $1 Million To Bring Team Beef’s Ports To VR
Id Software co-founder John Carmack "can’t muster anger or outrage" over Xbox gutting the Doom studio, but does say it'll "dampen the mood of the founder reunion"
John Carmack Responds To Id Software Layoffs: ‘I Hope The Studio Rallies Through’
Former Oculus CTO John Carmack Puts up $1M for Official VR Ports of Id Software Titles
John Carmack responds to Id Software layoffs, admits Microsoft stewardship claim aging badly
"You Can't Rule Out The Possibility That Executives Are Idiots" - John Carmack On Microsoft's Gutting Of id Software
"My 'Microsoft will probably be a good steward of the brand' statement isn't aging well" - id Software co-founder John Carmack speaks out after devastating Xbox layoffs
Id Software co-founder John Carmack is saddened by mass layoffs as the Doom maker loses 136 staff
Id Software founder John Carmack mourns layoffs: "Games need to succeed, not just be beloved"
'To Continue Being Produced Long Term, Games Need to Succeed, Not Just Be Beloved' — John Carmack Responds to id Software Layoffs
John Carmack reacts to massive layoffs at id Software: 'My 'Microsoft will probably be a good steward of the brand' statement isn't aging well'
Carmack says his 'Microsoft will be a good steward' of the id Software brand take didn't age well
id Software Co-Founders John Carmack and John Romero Post Messages Following Mass Layoffs
John Carmack reacts to layoffs at id Software: 'I’m saddened, but I can’t muster anger or outrage'
John Carmack Says Anti AI Datacenter Efforts Need To Be Countered So That The Industry Doesn’t End Up Like Nuclear Power
John Carmack apologizes after Sandy Petersen says 'Quake ruined id Software,' and for once John Romero doesn't tell Sandy he's wrong
An oldie but a goodie: John Carmack once told us Quake Arena 'was my favourite id Software game… always the one that I looked at as a pure game'
'Consider a system with no DRAM' replaced by a 'recycling fiber loop': John Carmack envisages bold future to avoid AI
John Carmack muses using a long fiber line as an L2 cache for streaming AI data — programmer imagines fiber as alternative to DRAM - Tom's Hardware
John Carmack, the video game legend who built Doom, treated Ferrari like a ‘final boss’ and beat it until he was blacklisted for modifying their sacred engines. The Quake creator then abandoned the Italian brand for a Tesla Model S, calling it the best car he ev
id Software released its first game 35 years ago today, John Carmack’s breakthrough side-scroller engine — Commander Keen title brought smooth scrolling to PCs
Exclusive: John Carmack Predicts AI Won’t Change the World as Much as People Think
OG Doom legend John Carmack says his Nvidia DGX Spark box has thermal throttling issues, raising doubts over the viability of Nvidia's AI APU for laptop PCs
John Carmack defends AI amid backlash over Microsoft’s generative Quake II demo