John Carmack
This was an internal-to-Facebook talk that I did in 2015 that was cleared for public release. The topic was “antifragile” idea generation, along with examples of the ideas I was generating at the time.
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Deep Thoughts Engineering Speaker Series: John Carmack
Thank you John, hope to see more content from you here in the future.
so glad that so smart guy as him just already understand that the topic of VR is stupid.. 😀 but took a while.
The god king of nerds himself.
John, please consider doingmaking a Master Class. Would gratefully and humbly sign up!
Thanks John. 🙂
Great advice for approaching ideas or anything you feel strongly about.
Feel good about poking holes in them, so you know you aren't deluding yourself.
Kitchen Rolls/Croissant packs have that spiral tube design & twisting causes the break, always thought it would take off ..doh ..as a recycling procedure! If you could crack the ridiculous sharpness of tin/alu cans for domestic recycling!
I think some of your "antifragile" less robust ideas would work on devolved "experiences" rather than full robust game engines! They would be ideal for webVR and possible create the constrained to inadvertently inspire new games/apps.
eg. If you were viewing a house , you could confine the viewing angles/aggressively cull and direct the entire experience, incorporating all of your performance wins, even as stylized brand video-style-transitions (ye gross but..anyway lol) etc.. I think "Ratchet & Clank" played with interlacing concepts or maybe just ended up as styled retro video lines etc..
based
* Carmack randomly looks at the ceiling *
* proceeds to deliver a detailed lecture on ducts *
automate everything.
Johns physical appearence has not changed in 30 years, whats his secret?!
I'm curious to know what John Carmack thinks of DooM Eternal.
number of times he said “idea”
Genius.
Hello from future. The concept of global cyber network of modular mobile robo hotels / art galleries, as platform of life support services — all in one.
who said nerds cant talk 🙂
What is the name of the steel mentioned at 32:31? Maraging steel?
Hey John. please practice pauses in your speech 🙂
Dude…. amazinnnn
3:20
If I had to summarize:
– don't be too attached to your ideas, because most ideas aren't actually that valuable
– when you get an idea, try to think about it and prove why it won't work.
– if you can't do that, start prototyping as soon as possible. The longer you delay it, the higher the risk of getting attached to it
– once you get attached to an idea, it's difficult to maintain objectivity.
– falsifying an idea (either by thinking about it or prototyping) is often the way to get better at having ideas or at understanding the problem you're working on.
This process leads to better idea generation as you keep iterating.
Loved the talk <3
35:25 light field rendering technology and OTOY
The video you came for starts at @3:28
Is that guy at the beginning Louis CK’s twin or something
Carmack please make cheap haptic wearable devices for VR. You lest us see now make us feel.
This guy is a legend
22:30 Foveated rendering gets a discussion.
Watching Carmack's interviews is like taking a crash-course in public speaking. I swear, my ability to speak during meetings and hold conversation has improved just by carefully listening to him.
Holy shit how did Louis CK get to host this event?
Intro by Louis CK.
I know what hes referring to. Its so weird haha
Is that omnipotent hyperspace information singularity John Carmack?
Heinlein on ideas ? Let there be light (title of one of his stories), let's give away ideas for free, because Breakage ltd or what is that thing.
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3:27 starts
Dream podcast guest
A must for every engineer
Excellent talk. Thank you for sharing!
guys a genius
Maybe John can grace us with some more insightful videos.
Hopefully some more of these internal presentations can be allowed for release