Virtual Reality Maestro Leaves Meta

December 17, 2022 Story: Divya Sinha

Pioneer of virtual reality technology, John Carmack has resigned from the position of Chief Technical Officer of Meta-owned Oculus VR.

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Carmack from his social media page informed that his internal post to the company got leaked to the press and shared his full resignation post.

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He also tweeted that he has always been pretty frustrated with how things get done at FB/Meta.

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In the following tweet thread, he wrote that there is a notable gap between him and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on strategic issues.

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He informed his followers that he is all in on building AGI at Keen Technologies now.

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Carmack joined Oculus VR in 2013 as its CTO and in 2014, it was acquired by Meta.

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In 2019, he reduced his role to consulting CTOs and invested more time in artificial intelligence-focused startup Keen Technologies.

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