Virtual Reality Engineer Explains One Concept in 5 Levels of Difficulty | WIRED

[@dishakarim9242]

Mentioning John Carmack as just a Virtual Reality Engineer is the understatement of the millennium.

[@charnielduterte3796]

ikr it's like tagging a veteran as a smelly old person with ptsd

[@UnchainedEruption]

Well they do say "Oculus CTO" in description, not just a VR Engineer, but yeah, still an understatement. I was confused at first. Isn't this John Carmack--THE John Carmack, founder of id Software and creator of Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, Quake, etc.?

[@tdelfino2509]

I mean, for better or worse, that's basically all he's doing now. Besides, he's not here to talk about Wolfenstein or Doom or Quake, he's here to talk about VR.

[@mistermaker8374]

When John Carmack walks into the room you need a trumpeter. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJynYYCug76SeNk

[@reactnativetutorial651]

I wanted to like this but let's just keep it at 666 in honor of ID :)

[@timleonard2668]

"John Carmack explains 5 different concepts at the equal levels of difficulty"

[@Painang89]

Child = " I'm too young to die " Teen = " Hey, not too rough " Colleges Student = " Hurt me plenty " Grad Student = " Ultra-Violence " Expert = " Nightmare! "

[@nomadine85]

This is the perfect comment. Thanks. That’s exactly what he’s doing.

[@RooboliusBrandybuck]

I clicked on this video because I wanted to see John Carmack attempt to talk to a child.

[@seasesh4073]

Last time he did he almost got locked up lol

[@skyr3x]

OR IN MINECRAFT

[@brendanbarnard]

I loveJohn Carmack. I didnt look at the thumbnail before clicking on the video and when I saw it was him I got a million times more interested

[@ArunCannan]

Lol

[@YamilGonzales]

Hahaha he lost the kid in like 20 seconds

[@Air51]

He lost the 9 year old pretending to be a 5 year old at... "static.."

[@TotalGAMIX]

Lol yes no way that is a 5 year old

[@raidone7413]

Ikr static is not in elementary schoolers vocab

[@ayszhang]

Was thinking the exact same thing 😂

[@eternalglow6483]

Gavin Innes Haha You guys act like 5 year olds are running around in diapers drinking out of sippy cups lol. They are a lot smarter than you are giving them credit for, my nephew is 5 and he’s a lot like the kid in the video.

[@Ukitsu2]

Or at "intended".

[@pongopea]

fun fact for those who don’t know John Carmack: as a child, him and other children used thermite to break into their school to steal a computer, after being arrested and being mentally evaluated by a professional, John was described as a “brain on legs” him saying he’s “just” a VR engineer is basically saying a Navy Seal is just a cop

[@nope9310]

*is just the bouncer at a chess tournament.

[@zackwumpus9364]

false, he later admitteded it was far more basic.

[@pongopea]

@@zackwumpus9364 🤓

[@AlphaEnt2]

VR Engineer? That's John f---ing Carmack

[@StereoBucket]

The title is for SEO I believe, if you're looking for VR videos, with this title you're more likely to come across it rather than if it said "John Carmack Explains One Concept..." instead.

[@Blake4014]

He built the FPS genre and even dabbled in space engineering. Imagine what he could do if he chose to put his talents into AI development.

[@charnielduterte3796]

@@Blake4014 we already have elon musk lol

[@beProsto]

@@charnielduterte3796 Elon musk haven't did a thing in this way. John Carmack did.

[@beProsto]

@Freddie Green He is John f---ing Carmack.

[@PeterDanielBerg]

Can you get Stephen King to explain fear at five different levels of difficulty?

[@yashwinning]

It'd be a pretty short video. King would just say "boo" at 5 different levels of intensity

[@4t0m5k]

I'd guess he'd just stop at four and give enough nightmare fuel to imagine number 5 yourself.

[@Spacio4321]

Peter Daniel Berg Better get a psychologist for that.

[@suicidalbanananana]

News flash: stephen king died decades ago and over half 'his' books are not his.

[@2ManArmy16]

Isnt this the Stephen king of virtual reality?🤔

[@chunkylover5367]

I love how in level 1 and 2, he's still using complex words and the kids have no clue what he's talking about.

[@ricksanchez8584]

Right? The kid looked at him like "wtf is a hardware?"

[@identiticrisis]

Kids understand far more than they can explain to anyone. Like the way you can understand a fancy speech, or some foreign words, but couldn't (necessarily) reproduce any of it yourself.

[@rinan9598]

Naw man he said rendering and I was flummoxed for the rest of my life

[@benjaminchadwick8007]

identiticrisis kinda like how some people could understand a language but not speak in that language?

[@sirtimatbob]

He threw in a "static" as well and I'm not sure the kid knew what it meant, but it's ok. He did amazing. John Carmack is a legend in my books.

[@illyay1337]

This title is almost like having like having Bill Gates in the interview and calling it, "Software engineer explains how Windows works". I say almost because, to be fair, more people know of Bill Gates than John Carmack.

[@-loarado]

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[@charvikripalani2270]

@@-loarado ...why...just...why?!

[@unavailable2516]

@@-loarado are you high???

[@Spellweaver5]

Doom used to be installed on more computers than Windows once so I wouldn't be so sure.

[@cryptohello7666]

@@Spellweaver5 in this day and age its not even a competition bill wins it

[@tylerdurden69420]

"Hi, I'm John Carmack... I'm a VR Engineer" "Hi, I'm John Romero... I'm a video game tester"

[@mildpotato6895]

Hi, I’m John Quinoas... What would you do?

[@5udimax]

"Hi, I'm Adrian Carmack...I make art as a hobby"

[@e2rqey]

Hi I'm Jesus Christ im a carpenter

[@Miestwin]

"Hi, I'm Chris Avellone... I'm a consultant" "Hi, I'm Warren Spector... I'm a curriculum creator for UoT"

[@spectacularpoopfly8464]

Hi I'm Poopfly and I'm.........lonely

[@philipgodsworth4764]

Referring to John Carmack, the father of shooters, as a virtual reality engineer throws me off a bit.

[@agamaz5650]

I KNOW RIGHT. I was like OMGGG that is john carmack

[@schplorgus8140]

remember that he was a programmer exploring new areas of technology; he's doing the same now romero is more of a father of shooters, since he actually designed them

[@denisblack9897]

Shooters are the first step, actually

[@GroinMischief]

I'm still playing Quake 1 today. It's not for nostalgia kicks, I just haven't been able to move on.

[@zyloctal]

Shooters are so natural in VR, so it makes sense that He went toward this tech.

[@Frisenette]

No way is that a five year old.

[@locust76]

I know, right? Kid's fuckin' huge...

[@Frisenette]

Salamihawk, not only that, he also acts and talks nothing like any five year old I’ve ever seen. Wonder why they felt the need to lie about his age?

[@ernestmac13]

Have you considered he meant 5th grader, but no one noticed the mistake until after they released the video; you do realize such things happen all the time right?

[@Skyrilla]

That's just the current generation's stock, man. They look, think, talk and act a decade older than what they really are. Blame society, the internet, growth hormones in our mass produced food and the fact that the bad guys won WW2.

[@jose4343]

Skyrilla hope thats a joke.

[@metfan4l]

If someone can figure shit out, it's John Carmack. The technology is in good hands.

[@TimBurtonTim]

He was born to solve problems.

[@imnottyler]

Ubisoft stay the fuck away from VR

[@NachtFaenger]

Actually Ubisoft is the first big game company to have released VR titles yet, and they are quite good.

[@Mucker-le6ld]

He's nothing but a corporate thief.

[@carver7585]

It's in good hands, but the demand just doesn't match what the tech companies hoped it would be. VR is cool for a little while, but it's not something that people want to use all the time, it's a novelty that wears off pretty fast. A year or so ago I would have said that VR is going to basically replace your TV and computer monitor completely. Now I don't think thats the case at all. I think VR is going to end up being more along the lines of surround sound systems for entertainment. They are cool and work pretty well, but the amount of consumers who really care enough about it to spend the money and do the setup is always going to be a small set of people. Not too long ago everyone was talking about how amazing VR is going to be and they were genuinely telling you what could happen in the future. But now, the people who are talking up VR are just the people trying to sell you products and services.

[@pectoralismajor1097]

Carmack talking to a Child: "Alright, let me tell you about Quantum Fields and Proton Decay to get the Basics out of the way"

[@Ashley-1917]

...Protons decay??

[@vindieu]

@@Ashley-1917 well in radioactivity, atoms lose neutrons don't they, so the atom after decay is left with its protons. idk ... ok just googled it, it seems that proton decay, is a thing indeed, but it's theoretical and is about sub-proton breakup en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proton_decay

[@Ashley-1917]

@@vindieu Wow that's pretty neat- I had no idea. Though it seems that while it could be possible, it is exceedingly rare, as the half-life of a proton is set to be 1.67*10^34, which I think is safe to say is essentially forever.

[@namewastaken360]

Hi I'm John Carmack, I'm the chief technology officer for Oculus AND I MADE DOOM!

[@PeterTrapasso]

namewastaken360 and Quake!

[@filiplaskovski9993]

Peter Trapasso and the first ever game engine !!!!!!!!!

[@christiancrawford4830]

Yikes lol

[@ErebuBat]

And let’s not forget the entire FPS genre

[@thepotatoof4219]

@@PeterTrapasso Quake was made by Romero.

[@ywjsiabvue]

The kid's face is like, "What the fuck is he saying? I just play Minecraft"

[@reinehahaha000]

You sure the boy is 5 years old and not a 5th grader?

[@ronindebeatrice]

bambiplushie Wouldn't he and the girl be roughly the same age then?

[@txi_xecute9277]

ronindebeatrice no, she would be in 7th or 8th grade

[@ashleyking2791]

Th3 Ånønÿmøüš No, 5th grade is 10 years old. Your 13/14 years old in 8th grade.

[@marcopolo3001]

The boy is raised on vitamin S

[@CharlesTheClumsy]

In Sweden people in 5th grade are 11-12

[@Samouraii]

Cormack used to do 3 hour speeches about the future of video game technology at Quakecon. What a legend

[@Clavus]

He still holds unscripted speeches, under a bit stricter timeslot, at Oculus Connect each year. You can find them on Oculus' channel. Still the same Carmack as always.

[@Antilles1974]

Was he as boring then as he is now? Cause this put me to sleep (and I'm a gamer).

[@Oogidahboogidah]

Antilles1974 if you were a real gamer you’d know that this man is worth listening to. He’s clearly dumbing this down for the kids.

[@LazyBastard69]

If you were a true scotsman, you'de be eating haggis right now +Raskolnikov1227

[@Phoen1x883]

No True Scotsmaning aside, he's right about Carmack. Put aside the group membership arguments and give this guy some time to talk, because he has spent multiple decades working with the nitty gritty details of the industry, and he has some really interesting insight on the technical details of tomorrow's games and the technology that powers them.

[@theodyssey9177]

What are the parents feeding that “5 year old”

[@psychowordsmith]

Elk meat.

[@fabclark123]

green berets

[@ahm6006]

This was funnier then it should've been.

[@Silverfirefly1]

It looks more like they took a 5 year old... and then fed it to their son.

[@type-moonfag4413]

Doom

[@Neutronic01]

"Or in Minecraft" Ah, I see you're a child of culture as well

[@phan_8762]

cringe

[@Neutronic01]

phan wants waffles Ah, you must play Fortnite

[@phan_8762]

@@Neutronic01 what makes you think

[@fluzzy4517]

I think you mean man. Once you play Minecraft you become a man regardless of age

[@TheXGamerNeedsRice]

@@phan_8762 people who say "cringe" make me want to slit my wrists

[@Captain.Fantastic]

John Carmack is really struggling to explain VR in "simple terms" to that first kid.

[@mattlang5194]

He didn't do a great job of explaining it to both of the first kids. The girl was nodding but he talked about rendering and concepts that were almost definitely above her knowledge level.

[@X606]

How to explain vr to a kid: Magic box glasses that make you see other worlds

[@unknownunknowns]

If you can’t explain your job to a kid, then how can you understand your job at all? The simplicity is the foundation to the complex.

[@aguy5353]

@@unknownunknowns I just think he is not very good at talking to kids. He likes his big words

[@unknownunknowns]

Minemare535 Yes and that’s the thing. You got to be able to summarize your job since jobs have a specific goal to achieve.

[@maxniehaus4384]

What are they feeding that "5 year old"

[@evilavatarcarmoe6730]

Max Niehaus 10th graders

[@jeremyedombingo]

Max Niehaus minecraft blocks

[@haiscore2614]

Tipped the feds, go buy your mama a ring and tell her you love her because that'll be the last time hobag

[@ii4371]

Oh boy that's enough YT comment section for today.

[@g4br9el]

Knowledge

[@WarrenKLiu]

John Carmack is the father of real time 3D graphics... calling him a VR engineer is a freaking insult.

[@bernardusmuller1109]

What is currently the most important thing in VR? Real time 3D graphics...

[@bernardusmuller1109]

Anyway he left Oculus and VR now, to do something more interesting!

[@monad_tcp]

@@bernardusmuller1109 rockets?

[@bernardusmuller1109]

@@monad_tcp No general artificial intelligence.

[@thepotatoof4219]

What's real time 3D graphics?

[@Euler123-h8n]

The right title should be : "Programming god Explains..."

[@YaroLord]

Or just "John Carmack speaking with mortals about VR"

[@Estorium]

God speaks to mortals.

[@TheJPomp]

Watching Carmack try to talk at a 5-year-old's level made my day.

[@3oxisprimus848]

Observe how he relaxes as he goes up the levels

[@mattd7927]

The guy makes it possible to kill demons in 3D back in the 90’s and this is the title he gets.

[@_moosh]

"on top of a mountain, or in a dungeon, or under the ocean a-" "OR iN MiNeCraFt" "Yeah, or in minecraft...." I just... I can't...

[@eplays9521]

If he was a 30 year old i would understand you not getting it, but he is a kid, he likes Minecraft, videogames and has no preoccupations whatsoever besides school, get over it.

[@5e2c467cebac]

@@eplays9521 right? I seriously don't understand why people get so butthurt about this.

[@txicthmas1007]

@@eplays9521 relax, it was a joke. It was funny. Theres nothing to get over. Just a tonal shift that was comically timed. Nothing to get defensive or angry about pal.

[@eplays9521]

Tøxic Thømas Im just saying it man. Not offending anyone, or getting to defensive. The thing is these people making fun of a KID for liking minecraft makes them look un mature and they end up looking edgier than they think.

[@txicthmas1007]

@@eplays9521 no, see you're misunderstanding why it's funny. He isn't making fun of the kid for making minecraft, that isn't the point. It's funny because the guy is like "in vr you can be on top of a mountain, exploring a dangerous cave or even explore the vast underwater and-" and the kid interrupts him with "and minecraft!"

[@conodigrom]

1. When JOHN CARMACK is in your video, your title says "JOHN CARMACK", not some generic job title!

[@pavelh756]

"Virtual Reality Engineer"? His name is John Carmack, that's a title by itself :-D

[@-loarado]

*_Уes_*

[@nathanrandomized3593]

Better title "We put John Carmack in this video"

[@gc8972b]

I really think John is fine with that description. It doesn't matter. Hold your egos my brothers

[@danielmorales4351]

girl came in like she was there for an interview

[@mrabythomas]

Daniel Morales hey you never know she might get hired by John Carmack

[@TheSleathable]

Sickening wasn't it

[@caniscerulean]

They forced me to take art history classes for a STEM major, so I'm gonna shoehorn realism vs romanticism into a discussion about VR and hope he hires me so I can pay off this student debt.

[@DoubleDOwnage]

Crazier things have happened. If they told me I was going to sit down with John Carmack I might also dress to impress and brush up on his likes/dislikes.

[@bork470]

@@caniscerulean yeah forreal, it was such an out of pocket response that was so unnecessarily off topic

[@travisfahs6519]

The kid at the beginning and the guy at the end are the same person. Carmack talks a long time.

[@karlkastor]

child: knows the concept of VR pre-teen: gets taught one possible improvement college student: knows how it gets realistic grad student: Hears the word realism and starts talking about the art movement of realism. (Okay, she does get how sound helps immersion) VR expert: Listens and promotes his game (the point about similified grafics is good, though)

[@akramsergewa1016]

The next episode starring Bill gates is titled "IT Guy Explains One Concept in 5 Levels"

[@Isoquant]

Came here to see if John Carmack was capable of communicating with a child.

[@etnm17]

They actually met John fucking Carmack.

[@СергейНаврожин]

Attention span: kid - short, preteen - shortest, college student - medium, grad student - long, expert - longest, John Carmack - indefinite

[@wille7319]

I think the kid had really good attention span. He probably couldn't understand much of what Carmack was talking about, yet he kept eye contact and listened.

[@gogyoo]

John Carmack - god mode. FTFY

[@steve00alt70]

The college boy is small?

[@highonheroin5352]

His attention span is infinite because he understands like everything it seems lmao.

[@ashishjog]

John : Do You know what Virtual Reality is!? Zachlewis : Yes, it's simple! - Zachlewis, 2017

[@h4724-q6j]

You can't just downgrade John Freaking Carmack to "VR Engineer."

[@PixelThorn]

"some guy explains VR to..."

[@ElectronIsABadTuber]

*sees Virtual Reality Engineer* “Oh, yeah, that’s coo-“ *sees the father of the FPS himself, mr John Carmack* “YES... YES... YESSSSSSS!”

[@PKAmedia]

When I say VR in the title I literally squinted at the thumbnail, and was like noooo it couldn't be could it. As soon as I saw it was, just the fastest click.

[@leodahvee]

Now explain Quantum mechanics to 5 year olds

[@badoli1074]

No real challenge for a Carmack.

[@philv2529]

I don't think anyone can explain Quantum mechanics to anyone. Some physicist once said something to the effect of, "Only three people on the planet really understand quantum mechanics....and I'm not too sure about one of them."

[@wedmunds]

"Can you imagine a field of science so abstract and exotic that nearly no living scientist can fully understand it? That's quantum mechanics."

[@weskergeorge97]

If Feynman was still alive it would be easy for him

[@miniyodadude6604]

so everything in the world is made out of these small dots called atoms

[@djorphic]

"5 year old" lol. Can confirm, the person that captioned that does not have kids.

[@HandledToaster2]

My brother is 7 and he is about half the size of this kid

[@natsuki4021]

They might have meant 5th grader or something.

[@jimsmith3715]

Ive seen some gigsntic kids before

[@NoFeckingNamesLeft]

5 year old giant. Nowhere in the vid does it say he's a human, don't just assume someone's species next time.

[@CharlesTheClumsy]

Is that the kid from "Up"?

[@defaulte_]

Charlie Clumsy Oh my god it is, you have opened my eyes.

[@Mordeable]

R U S S E L L

[@FLORESCREATES]

Amazing LMAO

[@gerbilpmc]

The kid looks so much older than 5

[@LastvanLichtenGlorie]

It's because he is 11.

[@theopenrift]

Watching John Carmack explain virtual reality to a child melts my heart. As an Id software fanboy, this is perfect.

[@Solaar_Punk]

Same

[@DoggyP00]

John Carmack explain 5 different concepts to 5 different people

[@lethalbroccoli01]

At the same difficulty!

[@AKAMustang]

Level 1: Ooohh a shinny thing Level 2: This old guy is weird Level 3: Holy shit balls, it's John Carmack! Level 4: Blah blah blah, boring irrelevance Level 5: Give us the good hardware already

[@Siraj75]

I concur, don't know what garbage Level 4 was spewing!!! Level 1 pretty much nailed-it for me.

[@bernardodc9631]

Level 4 was good man. Was like I know more than you

[@aaaab384]

@@Splatterpunk_OldNewYork Worst thing, she didn't even have anything on her chest to look at while she talked nonsense. Completely useless chick, make him a sandwich or GTFO.

[@yuhboi3968]

aa LMAO GAHDAYUM

[@theguardian8317]

Level 1: the kid is thinking: this guy is borring and talks too much. All I want is to play minecraft Level 4: Carmack iis thinking: this person is so borring and talks too much. All she wants is to be noticed

[@scoreman]

7:51 Mari: So I think those are pretty- Mari's brain: *Don't say 'cool' in front of John Carmack and the world* Mari: ...significant. Mari's brain: 🙂

[@sageinit]

🤣

[@StarryShaw]

I could listen to Carmack talk for hours. This guy is like the Albert Einstein of Hardware.

[@fikayoadele7679]

Albert Einstein of programming

[@dandyroth]

"Oh cool a pre-teen, I can finally step up to foveated rendering"

[@ChildofIcarus]

The grad student was in interview mode. Good for her.

[@hanssondaniel]

I could listen to Carmack talk about tech all day!

[@TomH2681]

0:25 If that teenager is 5 years old, then I'm the Queen of England.

[@alexiabastian4871]

2:14 pre -teen

[@speedsterh]

You mean you're dead ?

[@xfox360]

"Or in minecraft?" Thanks god that he didnt say fortnite

[@a.wosaibi]

My thoughts exactly!!😂😂

[@JoseRivera-rl3qv]

Thats would be bad

[@dustnoiseplays]

BIG BRAIN

[@BrushEm]

Yes fOrtNiTE bAD

[@andrewmly9834]

fortnite bad minecraft good. laugh.

[@anmolchauhan9513]

When I read the title, I thought it would be some random VR engineer. But it's freaking John Carmack!!

[@swinny_]

"Virtual Reality Engineer" That John Carmack you peasant!

[@Xweapon9099]

This was fun, but as a challenge I feel like he kinda failed with the kids lol. I consider my 5 year to be pretty bright and that would have flown over his head until he said, like your in Minecraft. Also ultra jelly to see a OCC student get to talk to John

[@WorthlessDeadEnd]

I hear what you're saying, but John was just being himself. He wasn't bullshitting the little boy. He probably doesn't know how to communicate with five year olds, and at John's genius level IQ, speaking tech language on a level the five year old would understand would have been almost impossible.

[@Valentyn90A]

@@WorthlessDeadEnd Right. A genius which doesn't know how to communicate with give year olds. That's not what being a genius is. You're overthinking it.

[@grab9940]

i think the problem is that kid wasnt 5 lol

[@josonic]

I thought the opposite. I thought this was the first one of these where it wasn't too dumbed down for the kids. Seemed like the perfect description to me for that level.

[@Pandhermonium]

John Carmack is a legend. Doom/Quake were great!

[@Mushe94]

are*

[@sundarchip]

Don't forget Wolfenstein :)

[@GroinMischief]

Still playing Quake 1 today, modern maps and mods are awesome

[@Benjam901]

That kid has no idea who he is talking to...so jealous right now

[@ronindebeatrice]

Benjam901 The oldest people in this video were toddlers when doom launched. Edit: My mistake, Aaron and I were probably both playing Quake on our Pentiums at the same time.

[@marinellovragovic1207]

I saw the dozens of comments talking about this guy being famous. I never heard about this guy, nor did I ever see him. I'm 19 just to clarify.

[@ojojoj9579]

@@marinellovragovic1207 John Carmack, founder of the true 3d fps genre and pioneer of modern game design is one of the most influencial figures in gaming predating Gabe Newell. If it weren't for John Carmack we would never have had DOOM, if we never had DOOM we wouldn't have had Quake, without quake there would be no half life. If you don't understand the importance of half life to the future of video game development then you should really look into it.

[@marinellovragovic1207]

@@ojojoj9579 well I've never played Half-Life, though I've heard a few dozens of times how far ahead of its time it was. The importance of this game for the videogame industry is news to me though... Guess I'm too young to know that :P

[@miguelpereira9859]

@@marinellovragovic1207 John Carmack is most likely the most important game developer ever, perhaps second only to Shigeru Myamoto

[@robertforster8984]

That “VR engineer” is the legendary John Carmack!

[@Crushenator500]

"VR Engineer" lmfao I added this video to my watch list like 2 months ago. If I realized it was John Carmack I would have watched it instantly. The man is a living legend.

[@nathie]

Legend

[@loganburde2838]

indeed

[@MichaelMichas]

truth, Nathie, truth

[@42tancho]

Do you have some kind of bot responding to everything vr related?

[@DJHeroMasta]

How dare you call Nathie a bot! Shame on you!

[@42tancho]

DJHeroMasta well it's KZbin after all. Staying relevant above all things

[@OldBrutus]

What the hell is going on with the audio in this? There's some kind of background thumping just a deep bass, is this intentional?

[@Arcvnum]

BrutusIL Its some slow techno beat.

[@newsnowlincanparkproducshu5409]

Next time put on a legit reference set of headphones instead of Dre Beats, you'll hear the actual intended amount of bass instead of a falsely ramped up Bass EQ.

[@Helyx525]

Its some kind of bass drum beat but its out of phase (left +, right -) which is really uncomfortable in the bass range. Somebody screwed up.

[@AGoldSoldier]

NewsNow! LincanParkProducshuns 3:44 No, it's just a really weird drum beat that keeps changing location (if you're wearing decent headphones. Also, I'm am not personally wearing beats, I have a pair of Sony headphones, so it's not exclusively from Beats' EQs) Don't act so high and mighty, it's a legitimate complaint.

[@sawtooth3490]

ikr, sounds like the 5 year old got bored and started running around, couldn't finish the video

[@mahic98]

Wtf why did they just say virtual reality engineer and not Video Game Developer God?

[@brendanbarnard]

Or "The dude that made Doom". I think most people would get the signifigance of that

[@OneofInfinity.]

@@brendanbarnard Those that grew up in the 80's need no introduction for sure 😄

[@ukrainer7723]

The feeling that the future they were talking about (especially with the expert) is already here. The haptic costume exists, where, if you wear it, you can feel every touch. The mimic camera is also here, so you actually can express real emotions in games. And, obviously, full-body tracking, with which you can move more naturally.

[@multipurposepaperbox]

Bruh, I can tell this Grad Student's brain is THICC

[@williamb1933]

Carmack is not just a VR engineer, he's an absolute legend, one of the best engineers of all time!

[@420happyhippy]

This needs to be a new, weekly show: Experts Explain With 5 Levels!!!

[@wouldntyouliketoknow5064]

_Virtual Reality Engineer_ That's not just a "Virtual Reality Engineer" That's John Flippin' Carmack!! :O

[@MrFunny-gq8gu]

He is *THE* John Carmack, and you are just calling a VR engineer? I am offended! lol

[@explosiveaddict6939]

THE MAN THE MYTH THE JOHN IT'S JOHN CARMACK HIMSELF ALL HAIL TO THEE, GREAT DEITY OF RIP & TEAR

[@MrCyberamp]

Ok dude, take a chill pill.

[@lethalbroccoli01]

Cyberamp your cringe bro.

[@KopfTrommel]

The Man The Myth... The Virtual Reality Engineer

[@fuzzydunlop1753]

You mean one of the two Johns.

[@gta5thglife292]

John Carmack thank you for making Doom and thanks also goes to the people in id

[@kingcrimson234]

John Romero was the creative genius behind Doom. John Carmack was the everything-else genius that actually made it possible.

[@thepotatoof4219]

@@kingcrimson234 John Romero was the genius behind Quake. Doom was created by all four of them, but Quake was mostly done by Romero and Adrian.

[@Torpedex10]

this style of interview is genius

[@tgreaux5027]

When this kid grows up hes going to eventually realize he was able to meet and speak to a living god. Long live John Carmack! Build to the bone baby!!!!!!!!

[@Mate_Antal_Zoltan]

I don't know if this was your intention, but "Build to the bone" implies that he made the Build engine, which he definitely didn't make

[@facuags]

"Virtual Reality Engineer" is a pretty weird way to call the god and creator of the simulation we live in.

[@kawamikazecheant]

I'm only at the " Child part ", but I already love how he doesn't talk to him with a patronizing tone, which is not always the case when an adult explains something to a child, knowing stuff is great, but taking time to share a vision with a neophyte is priceless 🔥

[@hybby]

I like how he said "Buy back into optimization". There's a lot of bloat in many facets of games/dev/mem usage. Back in the day, programmers had to be so diligent about optimizing the heck out of their programs, because the memory limit was so low, as well as low processing speed. He's right. We're going to hit the upper limit soon. Hmm.... perhaps I oughta follow that inner push into programming, and start off with an optimizing mindset :)

[@spaceman-pe5je]

do it!

[@dontlookmeup090]

No way this kid is 5 year old LOL XD

[@fumeinayuza]

A horribly bad cut. The conversations feel so unnatural with all of them seemingly not paying attention to what their interlocutor just said. Feels more like someone simply put together the most interesting monologs out of the whole material.

[@anonony9081]

Giants yeah I think the 12 year old girl said one word

[@philv2529]

You get two points from me for the use of the word, "interlocutor."

[@AJ-ll1mc]

The college student seems very interested 😂

[@thrwawyacct]

Computing < Art. I am very amazed at how little modern VR relies on mathematics and physics and optics, and how much is invested in animation and art at every microsecond of experience. Sometimes I convince myself that I am sitting at a machine for weeks while the image updates and the next frame comes in, in some kind of temporal stasis, and wonder at how old and outdated my simple body has become. I am an artifact, and these machines have mothballed me.

[@kainuipenaloza9395]

5:25 *HERE'S A GOOD LESSON IN TRICKERY*

[@joeleslie5279]

Funny how the older they get, the less they listen....

[@yuhboi3968]

The more and longer they talked tho.

[@jimsmith3715]

@DarkGrisen and they talk more because they are trying to get more understanding

[@redseve]

That first kid was like dude I have no idea what youre talking about, I just wanna play minecraft

[@colonelccccc]

You could have put in the title JOHN CARMACK FFS he's a legend ! John Carmack explains...

[@Timeyy]

John Carmack man is one of the greatest technical minds of our generation

[@averyb8848]

His voice makes me wanna clear my throat

[@-loarado]

*_Уes_*

[@llawliet2310]

I’d love to see this sort of video for abstract subjects like mathematics. Explaining things like teichmüller theory or simplectic geometry or one of the millennium prize problems at different levels would be such a neat thing to do.

[@lathedon1902]

My heart melted when he said, "Or in Minecraft"

[@CDArnoldMusic]

10:18 - 10:55 That's some really interesting insight. Seems like a terrific thing to be aware of while in an immerging field. I know this was two years ago and Valve is now also find meaning ways to push this medium, but I'm excited to see how Oculus competes with Valve. I want to say Valve is in the lead in both the engineering aspect and in the aspect of providing consumers with a meaningful experience. I'm not too certain about how the Index HMD is pushing the envelope, but the potential for unique experiences to be had with the Index knuckles seems very high. It seems that Half-Life Alyx and Boneworks will serve as some of the experiences that will bring meaningful experiences that inspire other develops to emulate the same while adding their own spin on things. I'm pumped to see what comes of this. The applications for storytelling in conjunction with other mediums also seems pretty interesting. This video is some great food for thought. Thanks for the solid content! 👌👌

[@zakattak80]

technologically valve is ahead, but Oculus is trying to make it for the average house hold with the quest. This well make it easier to justify more and bigger projects.

[@centauridev]

@@zakattak80 I disagree. Oculus is way ahead in some ways while valve is in others. Its true what you say, that oculus is making it come out to the everyday user. And valve is more high end and "next gen" Oculus tried to make it more mainstream with the quest for example. And that in its own is just as technologically advanced as the valve index. Getting games to run 72hz on a last Gen processor is quite the achievement. And the fact that they have made an incredible inside out tracking system, really puts oculus just as far ahead as valve.

[@NicolayGiraldo]

Carmack can probably fit better with Valve than working for Facebook.

[@CDArnoldMusic]

@@NicolayGiraldo I totally agree. With Valve working on BCI stuff now, I bet Carmack would be a perfect fit for those goals

[@lwwells]

Such and understatement to refer to this man as a “VR engineer”.

[@AdamAlbilya1]

3:00 With regard to figuring out what is the player looking at, can't we just project some non-visible wavelength onto the eye and then calculate the angle of which the light has been reflected back by the eyes lenses?

[@EliteRocketBear]

Yes, it's been a thing for several years now. It's called foveated rendering. The focus of your eyes is called the fovea. One thing holding it back is that most eye tracking solutions (afaik, it's been a while since I worked with VR/AR tech now) rely on infrared light, and that negatively impacts eye strain a lot. Which isn't great when tackling topics like entertainment, immersion, assisted coaching, etc. You still have the problem of latency between eye movement and rendered image (latency is increased compared to traditional rendering because of the eye tracking step). That's why currently most people go for fixed foveated rendering (pre defined fovea) over dynamic foveated rendering. For dynamic, you also need the pixel density to support a dynamic fovea on the entire display. So in the end, it's only really a gain on GPU (still good as we're rendering two views instead of one). Downside with fixed fovea is that it feels unnatural, but users tend to get used to it after a few minutes. You are then still bottlenecked by CPU which handles the scene prepping, and applying dynamic foveated logic there will actually cost you computational power.

[@AdamAlbilya1]

@@EliteRocketBear Thank you for enriching my knowledge!

[@darrenmartel815]

Eyes are not completely spherical, so there would be some problems when doing such a thing.

[@AdamAlbilya1]

@@darrenmartel815 I think it doesn't matter.

[@AdamAlbilya1]

@@darrenmartel815 I mean, ,obviously it matters for the angels, but it is learnable. Either in-play or by calibration before game.

[@crystal314]

Is it just me or is the explanation for the kid is too hard to understand? If I were a 5-year-old kid, I wouldn’t understand him.

[@two-face1041]

Crystal Susiana she’s grown up in the digital age...my 4 year old cousin knows more then I do about computers

[@notsolegalciv2761]

he isn't 5 tho😂

[@leyre9989]

The one for the twelve year old too, not sure if a kid that age nows what rendering means for example

[@notsolegalciv2761]

Leyre Ruiz wtf im 13 and ik what that means ofc might be cuz im a tech geek but idk

[@flyingpenandpaper6119]

True, but really what can you explain to a 5 year old? All you can really say is that you look into a screen and it takes you places.

[@mikeyyyv3640]

Basically: Level one: Infant Level two: larger infant Level three: adult Level four: Larger adult

[@StubenhockerElite]

"Hello I am John Carmack, and yes i did more than Quake and DOOM"

[@wal_rider8479]

As 15yo, I felt very proud for understanding all the terms and logic behind what he was talking on all levels.

[@adamfazai]

John Carmack: some VR Engineer Bill Gates: Some programmer at some company

[@saiabhishek5228]

I wish I had a chance to talk to a legend like John Carmack. I’ll literally only talk about Doom to him

[@hookedonphones1681]

Stax that’s the thing though. That’s all that people want to talk to him about and that’s what he spends all day working on. If you ever meet someone who’s famous for what they do, which you may have already, you would notice how present they are when discussing topics outside of their profession. At a meet and greet where you get just a few words in, thanking them is enough. Actually having an actual conversation with them about it... it’s their thousandth time and it’s not any joy to them.

[@qwertyuiopqwertyuiop-bb4mi]

Connor Smith That’s not necessarily true. People like to talk about their passions, especially when they are as knowledgeable about them as John Carmack is, so as long as you have the knowledge yourself and you are having an interesting conversation I would bet Carmack would enjoy it.

[@Shadenium1]

Doom launched in 1993, people have been asking him about Doom for 27 years. I bet he would passionately talk about other his passions.

[@Mate_Antal_Zoltan]

I would probably just ask him to do the smile, you know the one

[@igorthelight]

It's not some random "Virtual Reality Engineer"! It's a freaking John Carmack - creator of "id Software", "Doom" and "Quake"!

[@dreams7091]

The kids had no idea they were talking to a living legend.

[@piragnipiragni]

I love how he starts a conversation with a child that everyone can understand and then evolves to a point where with a grad student and the next person you can see they just want to look smart and it ends with a conversation with an expert again at a level of s child because they don't feel the need to prove something.

[@wesleypatterson2989]

I admire John so much. He created one of the, if not the most famous video game of all time, I'm sure with all the money it's made he could've coasted for the rest of his life. But no, the man's a true scientist. He's still out in the trenches, building rockets and VR tech and all kinds of things. These are the kinds of people we need to be holding up as an example