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E3 2012: John Carmack Interview

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What it is

Giant Bomb interviews John Carmack at E3 2012 about his virtual reality head-mounted display prototype. He demos it and talks about latency, depth and focus problems in VR.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN links it as a primary source from the early days of modern VR, showing Carmack discussing his work before Oculus took off.

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What HN commenters said

  1. “Nice interview with John demoing and discussing his work”

    Carmack demos and discusses his VR headset work and latency.

    Arjuna, 2012-06 · Recommendation · in “John Carmack is making a virtual reality headset”

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Topics: john carmack, vr headset, oculus, latency, e3 2012

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