John Carmack, a prolific computer programmer known for his work on classic games such as Wolfenstein 3D and Quake, in addition to his contributions to virtual reality, and co-founder of id Software, announced today He will resign his role in Meta.
Carmack joined Oculus in 2013 as CTO and was later acquired by Meta (then known as Facebook) in 2014. Then, just five years later, he reduced his role at the company and was given a new consulting CTO role to focus more on new startups. , keen technologieswhere he focuses on artificial general intelligence.
“We have a tremendous amount of manpower and resources, but we are constantly self-sabotaging and wasting our efforts,” Carmack said. Facebook post Detailing why he resigned from his position in the meta. “There’s no way to indulge in this. I think our organization is running at half the efficiency that I’m happy with.”
Based on Carmack Position When Tweet, he seemed unhappy with the current state of Meta. In one tweet, he said he was always “pretty frustrated with the way things were done on FB/Meta.” burning cash We joined the Reality Labs division to prioritize software and VR headsets designed for the metaverse.
Even before his departure, Carmack expressed his displeasure with the current direction of the meta. Most recently, following his Meta Connect event in October, he said: [he’s] Moody regarding Meta’s current VR outing. He expressed dissatisfaction with things like Quest 2. Quest Pro.
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