Oculus has announced a new standalone VR headset called Oculus Quest. Oculus Quest is an all-in-one VR gaming system, meaning that – and contrary to Oculus Rift – you won’t need a PC system in order to play its VR titles. And according to John Carmack, this system is as powerful as the last-gen consoles, Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. Continue reading Oculus Quest standalone VR headset is as powerful as last-gen consoles PS3 and Xbox 360
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John Carmack Will Receive BAFTA’s Fellowship Award
John Carmack is a man that was criticized by a lot of PC gamers when RAGE was being developed for both PC and consoles. Yes, the man responsible for id Software’s engines did state some bizarre things when X360 and PS3 were out, however we can all agree that he was incredibly influential and that he played a critical role in establishing the PC as a vital gaming platform, especially when it came to first-person shooters. And we are happy to report that John Carmack will receive BAFTA’s greatest honour next month. Continue reading John Carmack Will Receive BAFTA’s Fellowship Award
John Carmack Is Pushing Hard For Asynchronous Time Warp On The PC, Best Thing Coming From Mobiles
During Oculus Connect 2014, John Carmack took the stage and talked for one hour and a half about various topics. The guru programmer talked about his relationship with Samsung, solutions for various issues present in Oculus Rift’s DK2, the ability to fully enjoy a VR experience, as well as the most important result coming from the mobile environment that is no other than the asynchronous time warp notion. Continue reading John Carmack Is Pushing Hard For Asynchronous Time Warp On The PC, Best Thing Coming From Mobiles
John Carmack on Doom, Quake & id Software: Our first game was basically a clone of Super Mario Bros
While Bethesda did not invite John Carmack for his annual QuakeCon speech, this great programmer guru talked at SMU in April and yesterday his entire 2.5h speech was made available to the public. During that talk, Carmack talked – among other things – about id Software, Doom and Quake. Continue reading John Carmack on Doom, Quake & id Software: Our first game was basically a clone of Super Mario Bros
End Of An Era – John Carmack Won’t Be Present At This Year’s QuakeCon
Well, we all saw that coming but deep inside us we all hoped that Bethesda would not do something like that. When John Carmack left id Software, a lot of us wondered what would happen to his yearly QuakeCon speech. Carmack’s QuakeCon talks are phenomenal and can be easily described as the highlight of QuakeCon. Unfortunately, Carmack has confirmed that he won’t be present at this year’s QuakeCon. Continue reading End Of An Era – John Carmack Won’t Be Present At This Year’s QuakeCon
John Carmack Responds To Zenimax’s Accusations Of “Stealing” VR Tech
Well, this was bound to happen. It seems that Zenimax wants to put some pressure on Facebook and gain something from the recent acquisition of Oculus Rift. After all, the timing is fishy. But let’s take things from the beginning. Continue reading John Carmack Responds To Zenimax’s Accusations Of “Stealing” VR Tech
John Carmack Finally Talks About Facebook’s Acquisition Of Oculus VR
It is no secret that a lot of developers and gamers got upset with the recent news about Facebook’s acquisition of Oculus VR. Naturally, a lot of people wanted to see what John Carmack had to say about this whole thing and at last, Carmack shared his first thoughts about it. Continue reading John Carmack Finally Talks About Facebook’s Acquisition Of Oculus VR
John Carmack’s First Reactions To Sony’s VR: PS4 Great Platform, Don’t Get Your Expectations Too High
Yesterday, Sony revealed its VR device for PS4 called Project Morpheus. Naturally, we’ve been waiting to see what Oculus Rift’s reactions would be to that announcement and today John Carmack shared his first thoughts about it. Continue reading John Carmack’s First Reactions To Sony’s VR: PS4 Great Platform, Don’t Get Your Expectations Too High
John Carmack reveals the real reason he left id Software, Quakecon speech to be decided
Back in November, we informed you about John Carmack leaving id Software. Since Zenimax Media (the company that owns id Software) and Carmack did not reveal the real reasons of his departure, we were wondering why the big daddy of FPS has left the company he co-founded. Until now. Speaking with USA Today, Carmack unveiled why he left id Software. Continue reading John Carmack reveals the real reason he left id Software, Quakecon speech to be decided
John Carmack Talks About Doom 4: “id Software should do more things more often”
Today is Doom’s 20th anniversary and Wired has a long interview with John Carmack about this legendary FPS title. At the end of the interview, Wired asked John what was going on with Doom 4 and as most would expect, John did not reveal much. John claimed that this subject is something he can’t really go into much in detail, though he did reveal some tiny bit information about its development. Continue reading John Carmack Talks About Doom 4: “id Software should do more things more often”