John Carmack quitte Meta

Former Oculus CTO John Carmack is leaving Meta. When Facebook bought Oculus in 2014, the games’ co-creator Wolfenstein 3D », « Quake » et « Doom has become one of the figures of virtual reality and augmented reality within the multinational.

Carmack announced his decision in a post on Meta’s internal discussion network. le New York Times who was able to access it. In this text, he criticizes Meta and the way the company manages its transition from a social network, Facebook, to the stated desire to move to an immersive world, the metaverse. According to him, the project works with “ half of its effectiveness » and has « a ridiculous amount of people and resources, but we are constantly sabotaging ourselves and wasting our efforts ».