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

Re:John Carmack's arguments against building a custom XR OS ... by WD-42 on Friday August 29, 2025 @09:04PM (#45071040)

That’s what I’m saying. It sounds like a dream job. Like you said it’s a journey not a destination, but it’s also a journey on one of the wealthiest companies in the worlds dime, so it’s kinda lame when someone calls it out for being suboptimal. That’s why I said who cares. It’s not going to hurt meta in the long run.

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Re:John Carmack's arguments against building a custom XR OS ... by dedup-com on Friday August 29, 2025 @09:39PM (#45071193)

I believe the suboptimality concern was more about time to market and innovation velocity, and less about money. At the time FB felt a real sense of urgency given the anticipated AR/VR explosion (in a good sense) and presence of competitors in the space, both real and imaginary.

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Re:John Carmack's arguments against building a custom XR OS ... by kranke155 on Saturday August 30, 2025 @12:45AM (#45071968)

It did hurt Meta. No one has infinite resources even if it seems that way to us.

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