John Carmack's arguments against building a custom XR OS at Meta

Re:John Carmack's arguments against building a custom XR OS ... by spydum on Friday August 29, 2025 @07:45PM (#45070636)

I'm sure that's true but I've worked with a lot of engineers that are of this caliber and as long as you can form a coherent logical explanation they will bend they're way more open than you expect. But you got to put in the work to make that argument. They won't take it on faith

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Re:John Carmack's arguments against building a custom XR OS ... by stephc_int13 on Friday August 29, 2025 @08:43PM (#45070948)

It is an entirely different thing, gifted, highly experienced and confident in his assertions is quite frequent, but the cult-like following and status of personalities like Carmack or Blow can seriously alter their own self perception and importance.

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Re:John Carmack's arguments against building a custom XR OS ... by Aeolun on Friday August 29, 2025 @09:48PM (#45071238)

Of course it can. It’s hard not to assume you are right if everyone keeps telling you so. I can’t really fault them for that. The challenge is to continue being right more often than not.

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Re:John Carmack's arguments against building a custom XR OS ... by baq on Saturday August 30, 2025 @05:07AM (#45073145)

First, look at what they’re shipping, then decide the likelihood of them being right.

Maybe you know something they don’t; it’s actually very likely. But maybe what you think matters actually doesn’t at all and ultimately they’re right.

In either case, they were shipping, so best to listen and be prepared if you disagree.

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