John Carmack

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. Carmack made innovations in 3D computer graphics, such as his Carmack's Reverse algorithm for shadow volumes.

John Carmack
Carmack at the 2017 Game Developers Choice Awards
Born (1970-08-21) August 21, 1970
Shawnee Mission, Kansas, U.S.
Occupation(s)Computer programmer, video game developer, engineer
Employer(s)Keen Technologies (2023–present)
Oculus VR (2013–2022)
Known forCo-founding id Software
Commander Keen, Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, Quake, Rage
TitleConsulting CTO, Oculus VR
Founder, Armadillo Aerospace
Spouse
(m. 2000; div. 2021)
PartnerTrista DeLeon (2022–present)
Children2
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In 2013, he resigned from id Software to work full-time at Oculus VR as their CTO. In 2019, he reduced his role to Consulting CTO so he could allocate more time toward artificial general intelligence (AGI). In 2022, he left Oculus to work on his AGI startup, Keen Technologies.

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