Virtual reality legend John Carmack's departure just made Meta's metaverse gamble even longer

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Virtual reality legend John Carmack's departure just made Meta's metaverse gamble even longer
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The departure of John Carmack, a virtual reality pioneer who joined then-Facebook more than eight years ago, highlights the growing pains of a...

The departure of John Carmack, a virtual reality pioneer who joined then-Facebook more than eight years ago, highlights the growing pains of a social-networking giant pivoting hard to the metaverse.

“It... The departure of John Carmack, a virtual reality pioneer who joined then-Facebook more than eight years ago, highlights the growing pains of a social-networking giant pivoting hard to the metaverse. “It has been a struggle for me,” wrote Carmack, who called out the move to the immersive world of the metaverse as one bedeviled by bureaucracy, concerns over diversity and security, and a “ridiculous amount of people and resources.”

“I have a voice at the highest levels here, so it feels like I should be able to move things, but I’m evidently not persuasive enough,” wrote Carmack,

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