Summary of John Carmack Meta Connect 2022 Unscripted Talk

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In his talk at Meta Connect 2022, John Carmack discusses the challenges facing VR technology and how developers are working to overcome them. He also discusses the importance of user generated content, noting that a lot of it will be terrible.

  • 00:00:00 The presenter discusses the Meta Connect 2022 conference, which they attended. They mention that they were impressed with the number of cool projects being worked on, and wonder what John Carmack's next project will be.
  • 00:05:00 John Carmack gives a talk on the future of technology, focusing on the challenges and opportunities that developers will face.
  • 00:10:00 John Carmack discusses the challenges of hard scalability in the VR industry, noting that he prefers optimizing for quantity instead of quality. He also mentions that he's happy to see increased options for avatars, and that co-presence, which allows users to share an immersive VR experience with others, is already being improved. Carmack concludes by mentioning that Quest will soon be moving its home interface to a "completely native" environment, making it faster and easier to join social experiences.
  • 00:15:00 John Carmack discusses the progress made on Meta Connect, a technology that will allow for screen sharing and co-watching of immersive videos. He argues that this technology will be a "significant value" and that it is important to make it easy to use for everyone.
  • 00:20:00 John Carmack discusses Quest Pro and its design goals, highlighting that the headset is heavier but more comfortable than Quest 2. He also mentions that Beyond just the normal CPU and GPU advances, Quest Pro has a number of custom VR-specific features. The headset's charging dock is also mentioned.
  • 00:25:00 John Carmack discusses the various limitations of Quest 2's optics compared to Quest Pro's, stating that Quest 2 is "more pixel-limited" than Quest Pro. He also discusses the potential for layer-level local dimming.
  • 00:30:00 The new John Carmack's chip has more memory, which makes app development easier. It also enables multitasking, which is useful for console developers.
  • 00:35:00 John Carmack discusses the new features in Quest Pro, which include a high-resolution color view, open periphery and bottom, and a flexible controller tracking. Some tradeoffs include that some tasks don't work well with the new features, and that claw grip gaming may not be possible with the current controllers. Overall, Carmack believes that Quest Pro is a complementary addition to existing VR platforms, and provides a glimpse into the future of VR gaming.
  • 00:40:00 John Carmack discusses the challenges of separating VR and Facebook accounts, and how raising the price of the Quest 2 headset helped to overcome some of those objections. He mentions the success of the Meta account and how it affects other VR apps. Finally, he discusses the challenges of balancing free and paid applications, and how the company is working to overcome any noise online.
  • 00:45:00 John Carmack discusses some of the benefits of the Facebook integration for the Meta company, including the ability to see what posts and things friends have liked, as well as the controller extrapolation and airlink behavior. He also discusses some of the ongoing problems with the Facebook integration, such as the headset tracking being poor in low light, and the need for a hardwired connection for airlink.
  • 00:50:00 John Carmack gives a talk on Meta Connect 2022, including 120 frames per second support and improvements to hand tracking. He also discusses the challenges of touch interaction in VR and the work being done to improve it.
  • 00:55:00 John Carmack discusses the progress made in VR and the challenges still facing the technology. He also discusses how user generated content should be handled, mentioning that a lot of it will be terrible.

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John Carmack gives an unscripted talk at Meta Connect 2022, discussing the difficulties of demoing virtual reality with current hardware and suggesting a possible solution in the form of an update and power off feature for headsets. He also discusses the benefits of Stack Overflow and Google Docs for developing software, and the importance of having a broad third-party developer community.

  • 01:00:00 John Carmack discusses the difficulties of demoing virtual reality with current hardware, and suggests a possible solution in the form of an update and power off feature for headsets.
  • 01:05:00 John Carmack discusses the benefits of Stack Overflow and Google Docs for developing software. He also discusses the importance of having a broad third-party developer community, and the potential for improving software development with Unity and Unreal Engine.

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