{"id":61784,"date":"2014-02-05T12:21:53","date_gmt":"2014-02-05T10:21:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=61784"},"modified":"2014-02-05T12:23:36","modified_gmt":"2014-02-05T10:23:36","slug":"carmack-explains-why-he-left-id-software","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/61784-carmack-explains-why-he-left-id-software","title":{"rendered":"Carmack explains why he left id Software"},"content":{"rendered":"

Speaking during an interview with USA Today<\/a>, John Carmack explained why he left id Software, the company he co-founded, to join up with Oculus VR, a company pioneering virtual reality gaming headsets.<\/p>\n

The bottom line: id Software parent company ZeniMax Media would not allow id Software games to be integrated with the Oculus Rift support.<\/p>\n

Carmack was keen to bring titles such as the Wolfenstein: The New Order and the inevitable Doom 4 to the Oculus Rift.<\/p>\n

“I would have been content probably staying there working with the people and technology that I know and the work we were doing. But they couldn’t come together on that, which made me really sad. It was just unfortunate. When it became clear that I wasn’t going to have the opportunity to do any work on VR while at id software, I decided to not renew my contract,” said Carmack.<\/p>\n

\"John<\/a>

John Carmack wearing an Oculus Rift prototype<\/p><\/div>\n

Carmack joined the Oculus VR team back in August 2013, acting in the role of chief technology officer. He left id Software in November 2013.<\/p>\n

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