John Carmack
American computer programmer and video game developer
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| December 16 2022 | Carmack left Oculus to focus on Keen Technologies. |
| December 16 2022 | Carmack left Oculus to focus on Keen Technologies. |
| August 19 2022 | Carmack announced he raised $20M for Keen Technologies, his new AGI company. |
| August 19 2022 | Carmack announced he raised $20M for Keen Technologies, his new AGI company. |
| May 26 2022 | Announced his divorce via Twitter and shared how he met his partner Trista through VR Beat Saber games. |
| May 26 2022 | Announced his divorce via Twitter and shared how he met his partner Trista through VR Beat Saber games. |
| 2019 | Appeared as a guest on The Joe Rogan Experience, reflecting on his previous development philosophy of releasing games 'when it's done'. |
| 2019 | Appeared as a guest on The Joe Rogan Experience, reflecting on his previous development philosophy of releasing games 'when it's done'. |
| November 13 2019 | Carmack stepped down from the Oculus CTO role to become a 'Consulting CTO' to allocate more time to artificial general intelligence (AGI) work. |
| November 13 2019 | Carmack stepped down from the Oculus CTO role to become a 'Consulting CTO' to allocate more time to artificial general intelligence (AGI) work. |
| October 2018 | Carmack reached an agreement with ZeniMax, stating the company had fully satisfied their obligations to him and ending the lawsuit. |
| October 2018 | Carmack reached an agreement with ZeniMax, stating the company had fully satisfied their obligations to him and ending the lawsuit. |
| February 2017 | Carmack sued ZeniMax, claiming they refused to pay him $22.5 million from the purchase of id Software. |
| February 2017 | Carmack sued ZeniMax, claiming they refused to pay him $22.5 million from the purchase of id Software. |
| 2014 | Carmack voiced the opinion that Linux might be the biggest problem for the success of the Steam Machine. |
| 2014 | Carmack voiced the opinion that Linux might be the biggest problem for the success of the Steam Machine. |
| June 2014 | Flat Rock Software released the source code for Hovertank 3D and Catacomb 3D with Carmack's blessing. |
| June 2014 | Flat Rock Software released the source code for Hovertank 3D and Catacomb 3D with Carmack's blessing. |
| 2013 | Armadillo Aerospace goes into 'hibernation mode', effectively ceasing active operations. |
| 2013 | Carmack argued for emulation as the 'proper technical direction for gaming on Linux', expressing skepticism about Linux as a gaming platform. |
| 2013 | Carmack argued for emulation as the 'proper technical direction for gaming on Linux', expressing skepticism about Linux as a gaming platform. |
| 2013 | Armadillo Aerospace goes into 'hibernation mode', effectively ceasing active operations. |
| November 22 2013 | Carmack resigned from id Software to work full-time at Oculus VR, citing ZeniMax Media's lack of support for Oculus Rift. |
| November 22 2013 | Carmack resigned from id Software to work full-time at Oculus VR, citing ZeniMax Media's lack of support for Oculus Rift. |
| August 7 2013 | Carmack joined Oculus VR as their Chief Technology Officer (CTO). |
| August 7 2013 | Carmack joined Oculus VR as their Chief Technology Officer (CTO). |
| 2011 | Served as technical director for 'Rage', an open-world first-person shooter developed by id Software. |
| 2011 | Doom 3's source code was released, with an additional release of the BFG Edition source code in 2012. |
| 2011 | Served as technical director for 'Rage', an open-world first-person shooter developed by id Software. |
| 2011 | Doom 3's source code was released, with an additional release of the BFG Edition source code in 2012. |
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