E3 2012: John Carmack Interview
What it is
Giant Bomb interviews John Carmack at E3 2012 about his virtual reality head-mounted display prototype. He demos it and talks about latency, depth and focus problems in VR.
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN links it as a primary source from the early days of modern VR, showing Carmack discussing his work before Oculus took off.
- 1 people recommended it
- 2 different months
- 0 strong recommendations
- first 2012, last 2023
What HN commenters said
“Nice interview with John demoing and discussing his work”
Carmack demos and discusses his VR headset work and latency.
Arjuna, 2012-06 · Recommendation · in “John Carmack is making a virtual reality headset”
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Topics: john carmack, vr headset, oculus, latency, e3 2012
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