John Carmack Advised Sony to Hire Oculus Rift Founder Pre-Kickstarter

VRFocus - Oculus VR's Chief Technology Officer and legendary developer John Carmack has revealed that he once suggested Sony hire Oculus VR founder Palmer Luckey. Apparently the developer advised the tech giant to take Luckey on board before the Kickstarter for the Oculus Rift VR headset had launched. Carmack revealed the story shortly after Sony revealed its Project Morpheus VR headset for the PlayStation 4 at GDC 2014.

[Nero1314]

Every time I see this guys name I think of doom lol

[Pillsbury1]

Sometimes when I see his name I think of the game carmageddon.

[Army_of_Darkness]

So John Carmack, will Sony be DOOMED if they don't take your advice?? ;-P

[nirwanda]

I see the name Palmer Luckey and think of a porn star that will only work alone.

[1nsomniac]

That's pretty funny, it looks like it's completely lost on this audience tho lol

[XtraTrstrL]

lmao.

[SL1M DADDY]

Sorry, but is John even relevant these days? Does his opinion even matter?

[Mr Tretton]

He's working on OR. He's very relevant.

[incredibleMULK]

John Carmack hates brussel sprouts.
John Carmack thinks bean dip is healthy.
John Carmack don't play around.
John Carmack thinks Cliffy B looks sexy in his medium shirts.
John Carmack helped produce Jaws 2.
John Carmack cried at the end of pretty woman.
John Carmack goes to supercuts on their training day.
John Carmack only goes to Kmart when the blue light is on.
John Carmack thinks shoes with laces is bullshit.
John Carmack thinks Obama is smart.
John Carmack thinks Rod fergussun is a lumberjack deuschbag.
John Carmack thinks Gears of war are weapons and canteens.
John Carmack wears tube socks because other socks are halfassed.
John Carmack never cuts in line.
John Carmack sucks his farts in when in public.
John Carmack opens bathroom doors with a piece of paper towel.
John Carmack uses his kohl's coupons.
John Carmack thinks Kevin Bacon is the best actor ever.
John Carmack thinks cutting the grass is demeaning for latinos.
John Carmack never throws out his nail clippings.
John Carmack thinks playstation is japanese trash.
John Carmack thinks xbox is chinese trash.
John Carmack thinks Hyundai is a viable option.
John Carmack doesn't think wiping more than 6 times is cost effective.
John Carmack thinks pdiddy is baby food.

[madpuppy]

IDK if your just being funny but, I think that whiner Jaffe and Cliffy "my millions are not enough" B. are way, wayyy more annoying and less relevant that John Carmack.

[Ashunderfire86]

John Carmack was this guy when he was young in this leaked video:

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[supraking951]

whatever, John carmack was always anti sony

[Anonagrog]

Carmack has always been willing to vocalize his thoughts on matters he is well versed in. He will praise where praise is due, and he'll critique in kind too. Why don't you go and look through all of the things Carmack has spoken of over the years and try to pick out moments where he's truly displayed bias? Oh and by the way, it may not seem like it but there really is a difference between a biased critique/praise, and a well-reasoned, rational critique/praise.

The only bias here is that shown in your post.

[madpuppy]

All John Carmack cares about is quality and well thought out design.

weather it comes from Sony, Microsoft or some small startup matters little to him.

[incredibleMULK]

thats pansy talk. read my other post.

[awi5951]

@ The sony fanboy haters.

John carmack is actually a rocket scientist he sends ^#$%^ into space! Do you think he gives one f^%&* about you're &^$&^$ console wars? He just wants s&%$ to work end of story he doesn't care who makes it. He's way above your sorry, unimportant in the grand scheme of things, fanboy wars. You're so beneath him its just funny. Carmack laughs at your comments as he watches his rockets fly out into space on software he programmed.

Oh yeah, he cares so much about hurting your console of choice lol. Stupid a^&%$ fanboys he should be working for NASA he couldnt care less about what you think. Parents today should take the video games away from some of their kids because they have no sense of perspective or reality. But that's good maybe you deluded fanboys should go into politics allot of deluded a*%&holes in that field you will fit right in.

[MrSwankSinatra]

And why do you care if he's always been anti sony (which is not true btw)
You think just because you like sony everyone else has to like sony? This isn't nazi Germany people are entitled to their personal preferences just as much as you.

[TomahawkX]

This actually turned out for the best, now we have a mainstream VR solution from Sony and high-end, PC-centric solution from OR.

[cyhm3112]

Sony's has a higher definition, how do you call it a higher end to Sony's.

[Bodge]

Uhh, no?

[annus]

The current model of OR is the same as Sony's, you are comparing against the old model.

[M-M]

Are you guys trying to start HMD wars? Really?

[Pandamobile]

Sony's VR is 1080p.

Oculus' Crystal Cove prototype that they unveiled a few months ago is 1080p. There's rumours that suggest that the Rift's consumer version will be 1440p.

When all is said and done, the Rift will likely occupy the enthusiast and mainstream PC VR scenes as well as be great for commercial applications. Resolution is going to be a huge factor in how well VR experiences are perceived. The biggest limiting factor in Sony's VR roadmap is going to be the PS4 itself, as it's going to struggle to handle higher resolutions than 1080p at 60+ FPS.

[Are_The_MaDNess]

and not to mention that it needs 2x1080p for it to be a real VR experience. and 30fps will just be a bad experience in general when it comes to VR

[TomahawkX]

I meant that since it's mainly for PC which can take advantage of use more powerful hardware that's all, didn't mean that the headset itself had better specs. Sorry if it came off that way.

[extermin8or]

To people tslking about orocessing power its mentioned sonys vr hasa "processing unit" I think it comes with a seperate unit that will handle the extra power needed to do 2x1080p at 60fps. And that rest of ps4 will do rest of worj required. Also im guessing as sony have sound and vision areas the sound for one thing should be better thabon OR in the very least.

[jamstorr86]

why are people pulling random facts out of thin air? Rift currently has 1080p, and is reportedly aiming for higher when the Consumer version is released. Also rift is suing OLED screen, while it has been reported that Sony's is only using LED. if anything, i would bet that at this moment in time the rift's crustal cove model of the rift will probably perform better.

[Shnooze]

Do your research before commenting.

[darx]

Mainstream!? VR will never be mainstream. At least not anytime soon.

[Pillsbury1]

We are ever closer to ps9.

[Bathyj]

A bit strange he waited till today to mention it. And did he advise them to buy Oculus or just give him a job? It sounds a bit like he's just trying to train on their parade.

[CBaoth]

Don't think it's odd at all amigo. While John certainly isn't under the employment of Sony, I'm sure he has friends and contacts there. Why spoil what was clearly their focus of the upcoming GDC...so he could essentially yell firsties through media?

[HmongAmerican]

Competition is better for business. This way we get cheaper price and better product.

[isa_scout]

It all comes down to price now... If the price is to high I don't see this Project Morpheus catching on in a big mainstream way. The hardcore gamers will buy into it, but price will play a major role.
Don't really know how I feel about it yet. When I was a kid my parents always told me to never sit too close to the television because it could damage my eyes, and the thought of a display being mere inches from my eyes gives me a headache.

[TristanPR77]

I remember very well how John officially said that there was absolutely no difference at all between the PS4 and the Xbone and that both consoles were going to perform equally.

So for me this guy opinion is irrelevant.

[ThanatosDMC]

He's full of $hit that's why.

[Double_O_Revan]

Should've, would've, could've.

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