11-13-2019 05:22 PM
Starting this week, I’m moving to a "Consulting CTO” position with Oculus.
I will still have a voice in the development work, but it will only be consuming a modest slice of my time.
As for what I am going to be doing with the rest of my time: When I
think back over everything I have done across games, aerospace, and VR, I
have always felt that I had at least a vague “line of sight” to the
solutions, even if they were unconventional or unproven. I have
sometimes wondered how I would fare with a problem where the solution
really isn’t in sight. I decided that I should give it a try before I
get too old.
I’m going to work on artificial general intelligence (AGI).
I think it is possible, enormously valuable, and that I have a
non-negligible chance of making a difference there, so by a Pascal’s
Mugging sort of logic, I should be working on it.
For the time
being at least, I am going to be going about it “Victorian Gentleman
Scientist” style, pursuing my inquiries from home, and drafting my son
into the work.
https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=2547632585471243&id=100006735798590
https://twitter.com/ID_AA_Carmack/status/1194754916293722114
11-14-2019 05:42 AM
jab said:
https://www.pcgamer.com/john-carmack-says-hes-not-satisfied-with-the-pace-of-progress-in-vr-developm...
I guess we'r not the only ones frustrated with Oculus settling for Rift 1.5 and Quest.
11-14-2019 05:57 AM
11-14-2019 06:00 AM
kevinw729 said:
jab said:
https://www.pcgamer.com/john-carmack-says-hes-not-satisfied-with-the-pace-of-progress-in-vr-developm...
I guess we'r not the only ones frustrated with Oculus settling for Rift 1.5 and Quest.
We can all understand his frustration - a factor in why he kept his operation separate of the Californian office. I wonder with his moving on, if Oculus Texas will now be rolled into the group as has been previously attempted? Also understand he was mainly focused on the mobileVR aspect of the business, with limited involvement with the PC side, and had previously been directly involved with the GearVR roll-out and standalone initiative. After his teams amazing work on redressing the issues with the Rift-S and Quest inside-out tracking, I am sure he feels a focus on other business is needed while he is still young.
Oculus Rift CV1, Valve Index & PSVR2, Asus Strix OC RTX™ 3090, i9-10900K (5.3Ghz), 32GB 3200MHz, 16TB SSD
"Ask not what VR can do for you, but what you can do for VR"
11-14-2019 07:06 AM
RuneSR2 said:
....So soon Abrash is the only one left of the original team...? I don't mind changes in a company, but it feels like all the brain power has (nearly) left - or maybe Oculus has hired some extremely skilled persons to take over, but then I've not noticed much info about them... I hope Jason Rubin and Hugo Barra are able to push things forward.
11-14-2019 07:10 AM
11-14-2019 07:19 AM
dburne said:
Speaking of Quest Link, wasn't the beta due out this month?
11-14-2019 07:42 AM
Considering a normal work day for Carmack is 12 to 13 hours, what exactly does a 'modest slice' amount to? 😛
11-14-2019 07:44 AM
Oculus Rift CV1, Valve Index & PSVR2, Asus Strix OC RTX™ 3090, i9-10900K (5.3Ghz), 32GB 3200MHz, 16TB SSD
"Ask not what VR can do for you, but what you can do for VR"
11-14-2019 10:30 AM
11-14-2019 02:31 PM