John Carmack on expert witnesses and 'non literal' copying

Re:John Carmack on expert witnesses and 'non literal' copying by zamalek on Thursday February 02, 2017 @12:47PM (#13552622)

Not to mention that the Zeni prototype was merely adequate, while the Oculus product is polished.

I think that ZeniMax are seriously salty about shoving off VR now that it's blossoming. That being said, working on company equipment during company time? Carmack screwed up.

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Re:John Carmack on expert witnesses and 'non literal' copying by justin66 on Thursday February 02, 2017 @01:32PM (#13553096)

> That being said, working on company equipment during company time? Carmack screwed up.

I'm fairly sure Carmack saw his role as one of a researcher, such that working on VR and sharing knowledge with the outside was part of what he was being paid for. I'm not familiar with his contract but I remember his communications regarding VR at the time and that's the way it appeared.

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Re:John Carmack on expert witnesses and 'non literal' copying by jandrese on Thursday February 02, 2017 @04:38PM (#13554932)

This argument I don't understand. Carmack was tasked with making a Doom demo for VR, so he did. Why it is such a shocker that he worked on a company project with company time is a mystery to me. He even pushed Zenimax to make a releasable version, but the upper management thought VR was a waste of time which is why he left.

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