John Carmack

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CTO computer programmer entrepreneur human software engineer video game programmer

John Carmack is a pioneering video game programmer and engineer best known for co-founding id Software and developing influential 3D game engines behind titles like Doom and Quake.

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John Carmack canonical 15
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John D. Carmack II 1

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BAFTA Fellowship ⓘ
surface form: BAFTA Fellowship (games)
birthName John Carmack self-linksurface differs ⓘ
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coFounded id Software ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1970-08-20 ⓘ
developed Commander Keen ⓘ
surface form: Commander Keen series (technology)

Doom (1993 video game) ⓘ
surface form: Doom

Doom II: Hell on Earth ⓘ
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Quake ⓘ
Quake II ⓘ
Quake Live ⓘ
surface form: Quake III Arena

Wolfenstein 3D ⓘ
id Tech 1 ⓘ
id Tech engine ⓘ
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id Tech engine ⓘ
surface form: id Tech 3

id Tech engine ⓘ
surface form: id Tech 4
employer Armadillo Aerospace ⓘ
Meta Platforms, Inc. ⓘ
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Oculus VR ⓘ
id Software ⓘ
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fieldOfWork computer graphics ⓘ
real-time 3D rendering ⓘ
video game development ⓘ
virtual reality ⓘ
givenName John ⓘ
influenced first-person shooter genre ⓘ
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id Tech engine ⓘ
surface form: Quake game engine

Wolfenstein 3D ⓘ
surface form: Wolfenstein 3D engine

co-founding id Software ⓘ
developing 3D game engines ⓘ
id Tech engine ⓘ
surface form: id Tech game engine series
name John Carmack self-link ⓘ
notableIdea source code releases of classic id Software engines ⓘ
notableWork advances in binary space partitioning for games ⓘ
use of ray casting in early 3D games ⓘ
placeOfBirth Shawnee, Kansas ⓘ
surface form: Shawnee, Kansas, United States
positionHeld Chief Technology Officer of Oculus VR ⓘ
Consulting CTO for virtual reality at Meta ⓘ
co-founder of id Software ⓘ
founder of Armadillo Aerospace ⓘ
lead programmer at id Software ⓘ
programmingLanguageUsed C ⓘ
C++ ⓘ
residence United States of America ⓘ

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Oculus VR → keyPerson → John Carmack ⓘ
Quake → programmer → John Carmack ⓘ
Wolfenstein 3D → programmer → John Carmack ⓘ
Commander Keen → coCreator → John Carmack ⓘ
John Carmack → name → John Carmack self-link ⓘ
John Carmack → familyName → John Carmack self-linksurface differs ⓘ
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John Carmack → birthName → John Carmack self-linksurface differs ⓘ
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Doom II: Hell on Earth → programmer → John Carmack ⓘ
id Tech engine → creator → John Carmack ⓘ
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Adrian Carmack → coFounderWith → John Carmack ⓘ
Tom Hall → notableCollaboration → John Carmack ⓘ
Quake II → programmer → John Carmack ⓘ
Doom (1993 video game) → programmer → John Carmack ⓘ
Oculus Rift → associatedPerson → John Carmack ⓘ
Michael Abrash → collaboratedWith → John Carmack ⓘ
AIAS Hall of Fame Award → notableRecipient → John Carmack ⓘ