John Carmack

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CTO computer programmer entrepreneur human software engineer video game programmer

John Carmack is a pioneering video game programmer and engineer best known for co-founding id Software and developing influential 3D game engines behind titles like Doom and Quake.

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John Carmack canonical	15
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John D. Carmack II	1

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instanceOf	CTO ⓘ computer programmer ⓘ entrepreneur ⓘ human ⓘ software engineer ⓘ video game programmer ⓘ
awardReceived	AIAS Hall of Fame Award ⓘ surface form: Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Hall of Fame induction BAFTA Fellowship ⓘ surface form: BAFTA Fellowship (games)
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coFounded	id Software ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1970-08-20 ⓘ
developed	Commander Keen ⓘ surface form: Commander Keen series (technology) Doom (1993 video game) ⓘ surface form: Doom Doom II: Hell on Earth ⓘ surface form: Doom II Quake ⓘ Quake II ⓘ Quake Live ⓘ surface form: Quake III Arena Wolfenstein 3D ⓘ id Tech 1 ⓘ id Tech engine ⓘ surface form: id Tech 2 id Tech engine ⓘ surface form: id Tech 3 id Tech engine ⓘ surface form: id Tech 4
employer	Armadillo Aerospace ⓘ Meta Platforms, Inc. ⓘ surface form: Meta Platforms Oculus VR ⓘ id Software ⓘ
familyName	John Carmack self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Carmack
fieldOfWork	computer graphics ⓘ real-time 3D rendering ⓘ video game development ⓘ virtual reality ⓘ
givenName	John ⓘ
influenced	first-person shooter genre ⓘ
knownFor	Doom game engine ⓘ id Tech engine ⓘ surface form: Quake game engine Wolfenstein 3D ⓘ surface form: Wolfenstein 3D engine co-founding id Software ⓘ developing 3D game engines ⓘ id Tech engine ⓘ surface form: id Tech game engine series
name	John Carmack self-link ⓘ
notableIdea	source code releases of classic id Software engines ⓘ
notableWork	advances in binary space partitioning for games ⓘ use of ray casting in early 3D games ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Shawnee, Kansas ⓘ surface form: Shawnee, Kansas, United States
positionHeld	Chief Technology Officer of Oculus VR ⓘ Consulting CTO for virtual reality at Meta ⓘ co-founder of id Software ⓘ founder of Armadillo Aerospace ⓘ lead programmer at id Software ⓘ
programmingLanguageUsed	C ⓘ C++ ⓘ
residence	United States of America ⓘ

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Quake → programmer → John Carmack ⓘ

Wolfenstein 3D → programmer → John Carmack ⓘ

Commander Keen → coCreator → John Carmack ⓘ

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id Tech engine → creator → John Carmack ⓘ

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Tom Hall → notableCollaboration → John Carmack ⓘ

Quake II → programmer → John Carmack ⓘ

Doom (1993 video game) → programmer → John Carmack ⓘ

Oculus Rift → associatedPerson → John Carmack ⓘ

Michael Abrash → collaboratedWith → John Carmack ⓘ

AIAS Hall of Fame Award → notableRecipient → John Carmack ⓘ