John Carmack’s presentation at Facebook Connect [video]

Re:John Carmack’s presentation at Facebook Connect [video] by ilaksh on Friday September 18, 2020 @05:40PM (#24522155)

Actually I just realized, after thinking about the forward looking AR research talk by the VP or whoever, that AGI is actually the long-term research goal for Facebook's AR. They want a personal assistant that understands the world well enough to insert content that you need.

So John is actually still working on the next phase of the Facebook AR project in my opinion.

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Re:John Carmack’s presentation at Facebook Connect [video] by jasonwatkinspdx on Friday September 18, 2020 @06:50PM (#24522609)

Nope. He's collaborating with his son on it, and he's being extremely careful to keep the work highly partitioned for IP reasons. He doesn't want a repeat of the ZenniMax lawsuit. I'd read it as his sunset project for his career, where he gets to take a longshot at something really ambitious, while enjoying hacking with his son.

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Re:John Carmack’s presentation at Facebook Connect [video] by ilaksh on Friday September 18, 2020 @10:25PM (#24524342)

I didn't mean he was actually working for Facebook. I meant it's an extension of the project there. Even though it seems unrelated.

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