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John Carmack Retiring?

Posted by michael on from the porch-rocking-chair-and-lemonade dept.

Skab writes "CNN money is building a case for hypothesizing that John Carmack's next project may be the programmer's last."

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  1. Re:colour by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    I can't even understand your first "problem". I think your second problem has something to do with voxel engines, but those are no where near as easy to build hardware accelerator cards for.

  2. Re:Sad by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    Stratovarius is a Finnish metal band. Antonio Stradivari made violins.

  3. Re:Oh well by The+Analog+Kid · · Score: 4, Informative

    Yeah I'm sure all those CAD programs would stop using OpenGL, I'm sure Maya would stop using OpenGL for rendering, I'm sure Apple would stop using OpenGL for their 2D effects on the desktop. Somehow I'm doubting that because John Carmack retires that OpenGL will die. Maybe OpenGL games, but just about every 3D game on OS X/Linux uses OpenGL.

  4. Lord, we call this news?! by DeltaSigma · · Score: 5, Informative
    GameSpy: Are you going to retire after DOOM 3?
    John Carmack: No. I've got at least one more rendering engine to write. The development of rendering engines is driven by two major factors. One of these is, of course, the question, "When you finish a game, is it time to write a new engine?" The answer is based on what is happening in the hardware space...
    Aug. 16, 2003 - Source

    John Carmack is an accessible public figure. If you want to know, ask him. There's no need for speculation.
    1. Re:Lord, we call this news?! by DaFlusha · · Score: 2, Informative

      Perhaps you should read the article. Although I agree that the CNN speculation is stupid, they're talking about him retiring after the NEXT game that's coming after Doom 3.