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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.
May 8, 2024 · John Carmack, American computer-game designer whose pioneering work on three-dimensional game design led to the popularization of the ‘first-person shooter’ genre, exemplified by such hugely successful games as Doom and Quake. Learn more about Carmack’s life and career.
Dec 17, 2022 · John Carmack, a VR pioneer and co-founder of id Software, leaves his role as a consulting CTO at Meta after a decade of frustration and disagreement. He criticizes Meta's inefficiency, software quality, and vision for the metaverse in an internal post that leaks to the press.
Aug 10, 2023 · Gabrielle Lurie/AFP via Getty Images. John Carmack served as consulting chief technology officer for Meta's virtual reality initiatives. Carmack resigned from Meta in December 2022. In his time...
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Nov 7, 2023 · John Carmack and John Romero, who parted ways in 1996 after the release of Quake, will discuss their famous game Doom in a livestream event. The two Johns say they are still friendly and have been exaggeratedly portrayed as rivals in the past.
John Carmack is a self-taught programmer and cofounder of id Software, who revolutionized the computer game industry with immersive 3-D games. He also builds rocket-powered vehicles and develops game engines that raise the standard of graphics and realism.
