John Carmack resigns consulting post at Meta
John Carmack, the programmer who brought us Doom, Quake and Oculus/Meta virtual reality products, has resigned from his executive consultant post for virtual reality...
Microsoft’s Bethesda deal will spur more acquisitions and industry upheaval
Microsoft’s $7.5 billion acquisition of ZeniMax Media (the owner of Bethesda Softworks, Id Software, and other studios) will change the gaming landscape, and we’ve...
John Carmack says he’s ‘kind of embarrassed’ over Facebook’s social VR during pandemic
Facebook Reality Labs consulting CTO John Carmack says he’s “kind of embarrassed” about Facebook’s social VR offerings on Oculus headsets over the course of...
The DeanBeat: What does video game history mean to you?
I’m about to co-write another video game history book: volume 2 of The Ultimate History of Video Games. My friend Steven Kent wrote the...
John Carmack moves to ‘consulting CTO’ role at Oculus
John Carmack is stepping down from his full-time position as chief technology officer at Facebook’s Oculus virtual reality division. Carmack said in a Facebook...
Oculus CTO John Carmack: Our social missteps are ‘kinda embarrassing’
Oculus VR and its parent company Facebook have not yet released the defining social experience for virtual reality. And you might think that is...
Oculus Rift: The inside story
Among journalists, no one has gotten inside the story of the Oculus Rift as much as Blake Harris, who has just published The History...
The DeanBeat: Will the Oculus Quest get Zuckerberg to his 1 billion VR users?
It was a big moment for virtual reality this week when Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg unveiled the Oculus Quest, a standalone, wireless VR headset...
Oculus CTO John Carmack hopes VR will connect people across the globe
John Carmack had an apt opening line in his Oculus Connect 5 keynote speech today in San Jose, California. “A long-term vision can be...
John Carmack: Oculus Quest will end up competing with Nintendo Switch
During his keynote today during the Oculus Connect 5 event, chief technology officer John Carmack said that he believes that the upcoming Oculus Quest...