Virtual Reality Engineer Explains One Concept in 5 Levels of Difficulty | WIRED

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  • The technology behind modern virtual reality is rapidly evolving, but what exactly helps create a better sense of realism and immersion? WIRED has challenged Oculus CTO John Carmack to explain the concept of realism in virtual reality to 5 different people; a child, a pre-teen, a college student, a grad student and a VR expert. John goes over what makes his company's product, the Oculus Rift, so successful at creating convincing VR, as well as the initial hesitance to introduce the lower-powered Gear VR into the market.
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  • @dishakarim9242
    @dishakarim9242 6 лет назад +6136

    Mentioning John Carmack as just a Virtual Reality Engineer is the understatement of the millennium.

    • @charnielduterte3796
      @charnielduterte3796 5 лет назад +249

      ikr it's like tagging a veteran as a smelly old person with ptsd

    • @UnchainedEruption
      @UnchainedEruption 5 лет назад +279

      Well they do say "Oculus CTO" in description, not just a VR Engineer, but yeah, still an understatement. I was confused at first. Isn't this John Carmack--THE John Carmack, founder of id Software and creator of Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, Quake, etc.?

    • @tdelfino2509
      @tdelfino2509 5 лет назад +70

      I mean, for better or worse, that's basically all he's doing now.
      Besides, he's not here to talk about Wolfenstein or Doom or Quake, he's here to talk about VR.

    • @mistermaker8374
      @mistermaker8374 5 лет назад +13

      When John Carmack walks into the room you need a trumpeter. ruclips.net/video/NkD0MxNY_Bw/видео.html

    • @reactnativetutorial651
      @reactnativetutorial651 4 года назад +6

      I wanted to like this but let's just keep it at 666 in honor of ID :)

  • @EvilKris
    @EvilKris 4 года назад +4668

    if he's merely a 'VR engineer' then James Bond is just a public officer.

    • @mlee6050
      @mlee6050 4 года назад +27

      ... you made me want to watch casino royale again, love that one
      Another idea 3D films but instead of fixed you can move about in the scene like it real even though probably too hard to do

    • @-loarado
      @-loarado 4 года назад +7

      *hm*

    • @zilchdevotegaming6710
      @zilchdevotegaming6710 4 года назад +19

      i mean, technically true for both.

    • @muhammadrouhan6121
      @muhammadrouhan6121 4 года назад +36

      And Darth Sidious is just an evil space mayor

    • @zakisista8468
      @zakisista8468 4 года назад +32

      Lol I looking for this comment. I thought it was just some guy who looked like John Carmack when I saw the title

  • @Air51
    @Air51 4 года назад +1998

    He lost the 9 year old pretending to be a 5 year old at... "static.."

    • @TotalGAMIX
      @TotalGAMIX 4 года назад +291

      Lol yes no way that is a 5 year old

    • @raidone7413
      @raidone7413 4 года назад +65

      Ikr static is not in elementary schoolers vocab

    • @ayszhang
      @ayszhang 4 года назад +16

      Was thinking the exact same thing 😂

    • @eternalglow6483
      @eternalglow6483 4 года назад +43

      Gavin Innes Haha You guys act like 5 year olds are running around in diapers drinking out of sippy cups lol. They are a lot smarter than you are giving them credit for, my nephew is 5 and he’s a lot like the kid in the video.

    • @Ukitsu2
      @Ukitsu2 4 года назад +7

      Or at "intended".

  • @tylerdurden69420
    @tylerdurden69420 4 года назад +1023

    "Hi, I'm John Carmack... I'm a VR Engineer"
    "Hi, I'm John Romero... I'm a video game tester"

    • @mildpotato6895
      @mildpotato6895 4 года назад +43

      Hi, I’m John Quinoas... What would you do?

    • @5udimax
      @5udimax 4 года назад +53

      "Hi, I'm Adrian Carmack...I make art as a hobby"

    • @e2rqey
      @e2rqey 4 года назад +115

      Hi I'm Jesus Christ im a carpenter

    • @Miestwin
      @Miestwin 4 года назад +9

      "Hi, I'm Chris Avellone... I'm a consultant"
      "Hi, I'm Warren Spector... I'm a curriculum creator for UoT"

    • @spectacularpoopfly8464
      @spectacularpoopfly8464 4 года назад +1

      Hi I'm Poopfly and I'm.........lonely

  • @AlphaEnt2
    @AlphaEnt2 5 лет назад +5182

    VR Engineer? That's John f---ing Carmack

    • @StereoBucket
      @StereoBucket 5 лет назад +95

      The title is for SEO I believe, if you're looking for VR videos, with this title you're more likely to come across it rather than if it said "John Carmack Explains One Concept..." instead.

    • @Blake4014
      @Blake4014 5 лет назад +198

      He built the FPS genre and even dabbled in space engineering. Imagine what he could do if he chose to put his talents into AI development.

    • @charnielduterte3796
      @charnielduterte3796 5 лет назад +19

      @@Blake4014 we already have elon musk lol

    • @beProsto
      @beProsto 5 лет назад +59

      @@charnielduterte3796 Elon musk haven't did a thing in this way. John Carmack did.

    • @beProsto
      @beProsto 5 лет назад +68

      @Freddie Green He is John f---ing Carmack.

  • @pongopea
    @pongopea 2 года назад +261

    fun fact for those who don’t know John Carmack: as a child, him and other children used thermite to break into their school to steal a computer, after being arrested and being mentally evaluated by a professional, John was described as a “brain on legs”
    him saying he’s “just” a VR engineer is basically saying a Navy Seal is just a cop

    • @nope9310
      @nope9310 Год назад +1

      *is just the bouncer at a chess tournament.

    • @zackwumpus9364
      @zackwumpus9364 Год назад

      false, he later admitteded it was far more basic.

    • @pongopea
      @pongopea Год назад

      @@zackwumpus9364 🤓

  • @namewastaken360
    @namewastaken360 5 лет назад +683

    Hi I'm John Carmack, I'm the chief technology officer for Oculus AND I MADE DOOM!

  • @ywjsiabvue
    @ywjsiabvue 6 лет назад +137

    The kid's face is like, "What the fuck is he saying? I just play Minecraft"

  • @timleonard2668
    @timleonard2668 5 лет назад +550

    "John Carmack explains 5 different concepts at the equal levels of difficulty"

    • @Painang89
      @Painang89 3 года назад +97

      Child = " I'm too young to die "
      Teen = " Hey, not too rough "
      Colleges Student = " Hurt me plenty "
      Grad Student = " Ultra-Violence "
      Expert = " Nightmare! "

    • @nomadine85
      @nomadine85 3 года назад +8

      This is the perfect comment. Thanks. That’s exactly what he’s doing.

  • @pectoralismajor1097
    @pectoralismajor1097 4 года назад +296

    Carmack talking to a Child: "Alright, let me tell you about Quantum Fields and Proton Decay to get the Basics out of the way"

    • @Ashley-1917
      @Ashley-1917 3 года назад

      ...Protons decay??

    • @vindieu
      @vindieu 3 года назад

      @@Ashley-1917 well in radioactivity, atoms lose neutrons don't they, so the atom after decay is left with its protons. idk
      ...
      ok just googled it, it seems that proton decay, is a thing indeed, but it's theoretical and is about sub-proton breakup en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proton_decay

    • @Ashley-1917
      @Ashley-1917 3 года назад +3

      @@vindieu Wow that's pretty neat- I had no idea. Though it seems that while it could be possible, it is exceedingly rare, as the half-life of a proton is set to be 1.67*10^34, which I think is safe to say is essentially forever.

  • @illyay1337
    @illyay1337 5 лет назад +924

    This title is almost like having like having Bill Gates in the interview and calling it, "Software engineer explains how Windows works".
    I say almost because, to be fair, more people know of Bill Gates than John Carmack.

    • @-loarado
      @-loarado 4 года назад +9

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    • @charvikripalani2270
      @charvikripalani2270 4 года назад +6

      @@-loarado ...why...just...why?!

    • @unavailable2516
      @unavailable2516 4 года назад +6

      @@-loarado are you high???

    • @Spellweaver5
      @Spellweaver5 4 года назад +14

      Doom used to be installed on more computers than Windows once so I wouldn't be so sure.

    • @cryptohello7666
      @cryptohello7666 4 года назад +3

      @@Spellweaver5 in this day and age its not even a competition bill wins it

  • @chunkylover5367
    @chunkylover5367 6 лет назад +1136

    I love how in level 1 and 2, he's still using complex words and the kids have no clue what he's talking about.

    • @ricksanchez8584
      @ricksanchez8584 5 лет назад +149

      Right? The kid looked at him like "wtf is a hardware?"

    • @identiticrisis
      @identiticrisis 5 лет назад +170

      Kids understand far more than they can explain to anyone. Like the way you can understand a fancy speech, or some foreign words, but couldn't (necessarily) reproduce any of it yourself.

    • @rinan9598
      @rinan9598 4 года назад +47

      Naw man he said rendering and I was flummoxed for the rest of my life

    • @benjaminchadwick8007
      @benjaminchadwick8007 4 года назад +20

      identiticrisis
      kinda like how some people could understand a language but not speak in that language?

    • @sirtimatbob
      @sirtimatbob 4 года назад +43

      He threw in a "static" as well and I'm not sure the kid knew what it meant, but it's ok. He did amazing. John Carmack is a legend in my books.

  • @PeterDanielBerg
    @PeterDanielBerg 6 лет назад +4199

    Can you get Stephen King to explain fear at five different levels of difficulty?

    • @yashwinning
      @yashwinning 6 лет назад +450

      It'd be a pretty short video. King would just say "boo" at 5 different levels of intensity

    • @HiddenKenshin
      @HiddenKenshin 6 лет назад +167

      I'd guess he'd just stop at four and give enough nightmare fuel to imagine number 5 yourself.

    • @Spacio4321
      @Spacio4321 6 лет назад +16

      Peter Daniel Berg Better get a psychologist for that.

    • @suicidalbanananana
      @suicidalbanananana 6 лет назад +10

      News flash: stephen king died decades ago and over half 'his' books are not his.

    • @2ManArmy16
      @2ManArmy16 5 лет назад +7

      Isnt this the Stephen king of virtual reality?🤔

  • @Neutronic01
    @Neutronic01 4 года назад +954

    "Or in Minecraft"
    Ah, I see you're a child of culture as well

    • @phan_8762
      @phan_8762 4 года назад +16

      cringe

    • @Neutronic01
      @Neutronic01 4 года назад +52

      phan wants waffles Ah, you must play Fortnite

    • @phan_8762
      @phan_8762 4 года назад +4

      @@Neutronic01 what makes you think

    • @fluzzy4517
      @fluzzy4517 4 года назад +27

      I think you mean man. Once you play Minecraft you become a man regardless of age

    • @TheXGamerNeedsRice
      @TheXGamerNeedsRice 4 года назад +13

      @@phan_8762 people who say "cringe" make me want to slit my wrists

  • @WarrenKLiu
    @WarrenKLiu 5 лет назад +774

    John Carmack is the father of real time 3D graphics... calling him a VR engineer is a freaking insult.

    • @bernardusmuller1109
      @bernardusmuller1109 4 года назад +17

      What is currently the most important thing in VR? Real time 3D graphics...

    • @bernardusmuller1109
      @bernardusmuller1109 4 года назад +6

      Anyway he left Oculus and VR now, to do something more interesting!

    • @monad_tcp
      @monad_tcp 4 года назад +3

      @@bernardusmuller1109 rockets?

    • @bernardusmuller1109
      @bernardusmuller1109 4 года назад +13

      @@monad_tcp No general artificial intelligence.

    • @thepotatoof4219
      @thepotatoof4219 4 года назад

      What's real time 3D graphics?

  • @philipgodsworth4764
    @philipgodsworth4764 5 лет назад +1606

    Referring to John Carmack, the father of shooters, as a virtual reality engineer throws me off a bit.

    • @agamaz5650
      @agamaz5650 5 лет назад +31

      I KNOW RIGHT. I was like OMGGG that is john carmack

    • @schplorgus8140
      @schplorgus8140 5 лет назад +37

      remember that he was a programmer exploring new areas of technology; he's doing the same now
      romero is more of a father of shooters, since he actually designed them

    • @denisblack9897
      @denisblack9897 5 лет назад

      Shooters are the first step, actually

    • @GroinMischief
      @GroinMischief 5 лет назад +14

      I'm still playing Quake 1 today. It's not for nostalgia kicks, I just haven't been able to move on.

    • @zyloctal
      @zyloctal 5 лет назад +5

      Shooters are so natural in VR, so it makes sense that He went toward this tech.

  • @metfan4l
    @metfan4l 6 лет назад +2001

    If someone can figure shit out, it's John Carmack. The technology is in good hands.

    • @TimBurtonTim
      @TimBurtonTim 6 лет назад +89

      He was born to solve problems.

    • @imnottyler
      @imnottyler 6 лет назад +54

      Ubisoft stay the fuck away from VR

    • @NachtFaenger
      @NachtFaenger 6 лет назад +15

      Actually Ubisoft is the first big game company to have released VR titles yet, and they are quite good.

    • @Mucker-le6ld
      @Mucker-le6ld 6 лет назад +2

      He's nothing but a corporate thief.

    • @carver7585
      @carver7585 6 лет назад +12

      It's in good hands, but the demand just doesn't match what the tech companies hoped it would be. VR is cool for a little while, but it's not something that people want to use all the time, it's a novelty that wears off pretty fast. A year or so ago I would have said that VR is going to basically replace your TV and computer monitor completely. Now I don't think thats the case at all.
      I think VR is going to end up being more along the lines of surround sound systems for entertainment. They are cool and work pretty well, but the amount of consumers who really care enough about it to spend the money and do the setup is always going to be a small set of people.
      Not too long ago everyone was talking about how amazing VR is going to be and they were genuinely telling you what could happen in the future. But now, the people who are talking up VR are just the people trying to sell you products and services.

  • @TheJPomp
    @TheJPomp 5 лет назад +130

    Watching Carmack try to talk at a 5-year-old's level made my day.

  • @theodyssey9177
    @theodyssey9177 4 года назад +162

    What are the parents feeding that “5 year old”

  • @Frisenette
    @Frisenette 6 лет назад +4314

    No way is that a five year old.

    • @locust76
      @locust76 6 лет назад +557

      I know, right? Kid's fuckin' huge...

    • @Frisenette
      @Frisenette 6 лет назад +629

      Salamihawk, not only that, he also acts and talks nothing like any five year old I’ve ever seen. Wonder why they felt the need to lie about his age?

    • @ernestmac13
      @ernestmac13 6 лет назад +374

      Have you considered he meant 5th grader, but no one noticed the mistake until after they released the video; you do realize such things happen all the time right?

    • @Skyrilla
      @Skyrilla 6 лет назад +128

      That's just the current generation's stock, man. They look, think, talk and act a decade older than what they really are. Blame society, the internet, growth hormones in our mass produced food and the fact that the bad guys won WW2.

    • @jose4343
      @jose4343 6 лет назад +232

      Skyrilla hope thats a joke.

  • @Samouraii
    @Samouraii 6 лет назад +596

    Cormack used to do 3 hour speeches about the future of video game technology at Quakecon. What a legend

    • @Clavus
      @Clavus 6 лет назад +60

      He still holds unscripted speeches, under a bit stricter timeslot, at Oculus Connect each year. You can find them on Oculus' channel. Still the same Carmack as always.

    • @Antilles1974
      @Antilles1974 6 лет назад

      Was he as boring then as he is now? Cause this put me to sleep (and I'm a gamer).

    • @Oogidahboogidah
      @Oogidahboogidah 6 лет назад +46

      Antilles1974 if you were a real gamer you’d know that this man is worth listening to. He’s clearly dumbing this down for the kids.

    • @LazyBastard69
      @LazyBastard69 6 лет назад +5

      If you were a true scotsman, you'de be eating haggis right now +Raskolnikov1227

    • @Phoen1x883
      @Phoen1x883 6 лет назад +21

      No True Scotsmaning aside, he's right about Carmack. Put aside the group membership arguments and give this guy some time to talk, because he has spent multiple decades working with the nitty gritty details of the industry, and he has some really interesting insight on the technical details of tomorrow's games and the technology that powers them.

  • @mattd7927
    @mattd7927 3 года назад +54

    The guy makes it possible to kill demons in 3D back in the 90’s and this is the title he gets.

  • @3oxisprimus848
    @3oxisprimus848 4 года назад +38

    Observe how he relaxes as he goes up the levels

  • @reinehahaha000
    @reinehahaha000 6 лет назад +1416

    You sure the boy is 5 years old and not a 5th grader?

    • @ronindebeatrice
      @ronindebeatrice 6 лет назад +38

      bambiplushie Wouldn't he and the girl be roughly the same age then?

    • @txi_xecute9277
      @txi_xecute9277 6 лет назад +12

      ronindebeatrice no, she would be in 7th or 8th grade

    • @ashleyking2791
      @ashleyking2791 6 лет назад +24

      Th3 Ånønÿmøüš No, 5th grade is 10 years old. Your 13/14 years old in 8th grade.

    • @marcopolo3001
      @marcopolo3001 6 лет назад +14

      The boy is raised on vitamin S

    • @CharlesTheClumsy
      @CharlesTheClumsy 6 лет назад +4

      In Sweden people in 5th grade are 11-12

  • @Captain.Fantastic
    @Captain.Fantastic 6 лет назад +446

    John Carmack is really struggling to explain VR in "simple terms" to that first kid.

    • @mattlang5194
      @mattlang5194 4 года назад +60

      He didn't do a great job of explaining it to both of the first kids. The girl was nodding but he talked about rendering and concepts that were almost definitely above her knowledge level.

    • @X606
      @X606 4 года назад +15

      How to explain vr to a kid:
      Magic box glasses that make you see other worlds

    • @unknownunknowns
      @unknownunknowns 4 года назад +2

      If you can’t explain your job to a kid, then how can you understand your job at all? The simplicity is the foundation to the complex.

    • @aguy5353
      @aguy5353 4 года назад +9

      @@unknownunknowns I just think he is not very good at talking to kids. He likes his big words

    • @unknownunknowns
      @unknownunknowns 4 года назад +1

      Minemare535 Yes and that’s the thing. You got to be able to summarize your job since jobs have a specific goal to achieve.

  • @ArquimedesOfficial
    @ArquimedesOfficial 4 года назад +495

    The right title should be : "Programming god Explains..."

    • @YaroLord
      @YaroLord 4 года назад +48

      Or just "John Carmack speaking with mortals about VR"

    • @Estorium
      @Estorium 4 года назад +7

      God speaks to mortals.

  • @conodigrom
    @conodigrom 5 лет назад +172

    1. When JOHN CARMACK is in your video, your title says "JOHN CARMACK", not some generic job title!

  • @maxniehaus4384
    @maxniehaus4384 6 лет назад +1194

    What are they feeding that "5 year old"

    • @evilavatarcarmoe6730
      @evilavatarcarmoe6730 6 лет назад +173

      Max Niehaus 10th graders

    • @jeremyedombingo
      @jeremyedombingo 6 лет назад +19

      Max Niehaus minecraft blocks

    • @haiscore2614
      @haiscore2614 6 лет назад +6

      Tipped the feds, go buy your mama a ring and tell her you love her because that'll be the last time hobag

    • @ii4371
      @ii4371 6 лет назад +46

      Oh boy that's enough YT comment section for today.

    • @g4br9el
      @g4br9el 6 лет назад +4

      Knowledge

  • @_moosh
    @_moosh 6 лет назад +1048

    "on top of a mountain, or in a dungeon, or under the ocean a-"
    "OR iN MiNeCraFt"
    "Yeah, or in minecraft...."
    I just... I can't...

    • @eplays9521
      @eplays9521 5 лет назад +131

      If he was a 30 year old i would understand you not getting it, but he is a kid, he likes Minecraft, videogames and has no preoccupations whatsoever besides school, get over it.

    • @5e2c467cebac
      @5e2c467cebac 5 лет назад +65

      @@eplays9521 right? I seriously don't understand why people get so butthurt about this.

    • @txicthmas1007
      @txicthmas1007 5 лет назад +38

      @@eplays9521 relax, it was a joke. It was funny. Theres nothing to get over. Just a tonal shift that was comically timed. Nothing to get defensive or angry about pal.

    • @eplays9521
      @eplays9521 5 лет назад +3

      Tøxic Thømas Im just saying it man.
      Not offending anyone, or getting to defensive.
      The thing is these people making fun of a KID for liking minecraft makes them look un mature and they end up looking edgier than they think.

    • @txicthmas1007
      @txicthmas1007 5 лет назад +21

      @@eplays9521 no, see you're misunderstanding why it's funny. He isn't making fun of the kid for making minecraft, that isn't the point. It's funny because the guy is like "in vr you can be on top of a mountain, exploring a dangerous cave or even explore the vast underwater and-" and the kid interrupts him with "and minecraft!"

  • @pavelh756
    @pavelh756 5 лет назад +412

    "Virtual Reality Engineer"? His name is John Carmack, that's a title by itself :-D

    • @-loarado
      @-loarado 4 года назад +2

      *_Уes_*

    • @nathanrandomized3593
      @nathanrandomized3593 3 года назад +2

      Better title
      "We put John Carmack in this video"

    • @gc8972b
      @gc8972b 3 года назад

      I really think John is fine with that description. It doesn't matter. Hold your egos my brothers

  • @Isoquant
    @Isoquant 4 года назад +27

    Came here to see if John Carmack was capable of communicating with a child.

  • @etnm17
    @etnm17 6 лет назад +68

    They actually met John fucking Carmack.

  • @danielmorales4351
    @danielmorales4351 6 лет назад +424

    girl came in like she was there for an interview

    • @mrabythomas
      @mrabythomas 5 лет назад +60

      Daniel Morales hey you never know she might get hired by John Carmack

    • @TheSleathable
      @TheSleathable 5 лет назад +19

      Sickening wasn't it

    • @caniscerulean
      @caniscerulean 4 года назад +92

      They forced me to take art history classes for a STEM major, so I'm gonna shoehorn realism vs romanticism into a discussion about VR and hope he hires me so I can pay off this student debt.

    • @DoubleDOwnage
      @DoubleDOwnage 4 года назад +20

      Crazier things have happened. If they told me I was going to sit down with John Carmack I might also dress to impress and brush up on his likes/dislikes.

    • @bork470
      @bork470 4 года назад +22

      @@caniscerulean yeah forreal, it was such an out of pocket response that was so unnecessarily off topic

  • @akramsergewa1016
    @akramsergewa1016 4 года назад +98

    The next episode starring Bill gates is titled "IT Guy Explains One Concept in 5 Levels"

  • @henryambrose8607
    @henryambrose8607 5 лет назад +146

    You can't just downgrade John Freaking Carmack to "VR Engineer."

    • @PixelThorn
      @PixelThorn 4 года назад +2

      "some guy explains VR to..."

  • @user-zm1xc9tx2b
    @user-zm1xc9tx2b 6 лет назад +163

    Attention span: kid - short, preteen - shortest, college student - medium, grad student - long, expert - longest, John Carmack - indefinite

    • @wille7319
      @wille7319 6 лет назад +24

      I think the kid had really good attention span. He probably couldn't understand much of what Carmack was talking about, yet he kept eye contact and listened.

    • @gogyoo
      @gogyoo 6 лет назад +5

      John Carmack - god mode. FTFY

    • @steve00alt70
      @steve00alt70 5 лет назад +1

      The college boy is small?

    • @highonheroin5352
      @highonheroin5352 5 лет назад

      His attention span is infinite because he understands like everything it seems lmao.

  • @djorphic
    @djorphic 5 лет назад +159

    "5 year old" lol. Can confirm, the person that captioned that does not have kids.

    • @HandledToaster2
      @HandledToaster2 4 года назад +6

      My brother is 7 and he is about half the size of this kid

    • @natsuki4021
      @natsuki4021 4 года назад +2

      They might have meant 5th grader or something.

    • @jimsmith3715
      @jimsmith3715 4 года назад +1

      Ive seen some gigsntic kids before

    • @NoFeckingNamesLeft
      @NoFeckingNamesLeft 4 года назад +4

      5 year old giant. Nowhere in the vid does it say he's a human, don't just assume someone's species next time.

  • @TomH2681
    @TomH2681 4 года назад +75

    0:25 If that teenager is 5 years old, then I'm the Queen of England.

  • @ElectronIsABadTuber
    @ElectronIsABadTuber 4 года назад +161

    *sees Virtual Reality Engineer*
    “Oh, yeah, that’s coo-“
    *sees the father of the FPS himself, mr John Carmack*
    “YES... YES... YESSSSSSS!”

    • @PKAmedia
      @PKAmedia 3 года назад +2

      When I say VR in the title I literally squinted at the thumbnail, and was like noooo it couldn't be could it.
      As soon as I saw it was, just the fastest click.

  • @AKAMustang
    @AKAMustang 6 лет назад +552

    Level 1: Ooohh a shinny thing
    Level 2: This old guy is weird
    Level 3: Holy shit balls, it's John Carmack!
    Level 4: Blah blah blah, boring irrelevance
    Level 5: Give us the good hardware already

    • @Siraj75
      @Siraj75 5 лет назад +44

      I concur, don't know what garbage Level 4 was spewing!!! Level 1 pretty much nailed-it for me.

    • @bernardodc9631
      @bernardodc9631 5 лет назад +17

      Level 4 was good man. Was like I know more than you

    • @aaaab384
      @aaaab384 5 лет назад +26

      @@Splatterpunk_OldNewYork Worst thing, she didn't even have anything on her chest to look at while she talked nonsense. Completely useless chick, make him a sandwich or GTFO.

    • @yuhboi3968
      @yuhboi3968 5 лет назад +2

      aa LMAO GAHDAYUM

    • @theguardian8317
      @theguardian8317 5 лет назад +19

      Level 1:
      the kid is thinking: this guy is borring and talks too much. All I want is to play minecraft
      Level 4:
      Carmack iis thinking: this person is so borring and talks too much. All she wants is to be noticed

  • @travisfahs6519
    @travisfahs6519 6 лет назад +34

    The kid at the beginning and the guy at the end are the same person. Carmack talks a long time.

  • @ChildofIcarus
    @ChildofIcarus 4 года назад +20

    The grad student was in interview mode. Good for her.

  • @dandyroth
    @dandyroth 4 года назад +29

    "Oh cool a pre-teen, I can finally step up to foveated rendering"

  • @ashishjog
    @ashishjog 5 лет назад +37

    John : Do You know what Virtual Reality is!?
    Zachlewis : Yes, it's simple!
    - Zachlewis, 2017

  • @leodahvee
    @leodahvee 6 лет назад +465

    Now explain Quantum mechanics to 5 year olds

    • @badoli1074
      @badoli1074 6 лет назад +15

      No real challenge for a Carmack.

    • @philv2529
      @philv2529 6 лет назад +46

      I don't think anyone can explain Quantum mechanics to anyone. Some physicist once said something to the effect of, "Only three people on the planet really understand quantum mechanics....and I'm not too sure about one of them."

    • @wedmunds
      @wedmunds 6 лет назад +33

      "Can you imagine a field of science so abstract and exotic that nearly no living scientist can fully understand it? That's quantum mechanics."

    • @weskergeorge97
      @weskergeorge97 6 лет назад +4

      If Feynman was still alive it would be easy for him

    • @miniyodadude6604
      @miniyodadude6604 5 лет назад +1

      so everything in the world is made out of these small dots called atoms

  • @DoggyP00
    @DoggyP00 4 года назад +34

    John Carmack explain 5 different concepts to 5 different people

  • @theopenrift
    @theopenrift 4 года назад +19

    Watching John Carmack explain virtual reality to a child melts my heart. As an Id software fanboy, this is perfect.

  • @karlkastor
    @karlkastor 6 лет назад +88

    child: knows the concept of VR
    pre-teen: gets taught one possible improvement
    college student: knows how it gets realistic
    grad student: Hears the word realism and starts talking about the art movement of realism. (Okay, she does get how sound helps immersion)
    VR expert: Listens and promotes his game (the point about similified grafics is good, though)

  • @CharlesTheClumsy
    @CharlesTheClumsy 6 лет назад +555

    Is that the kid from "Up"?

  • @scoreman
    @scoreman 4 года назад +30

    7:51
    Mari: So I think those are pretty-
    Mari's brain: *Don't say 'cool' in front of John Carmack and the world*
    Mari: ...significant.
    Mari's brain: 🙂

  • @xfox360
    @xfox360 4 года назад +793

    "Or in minecraft?"
    Thanks god that he didnt say fortnite

  • @multipurposepaperbox
    @multipurposepaperbox 4 года назад +122

    Bruh, I can tell this Grad Student's brain is THICC

  • @StarryShaw
    @StarryShaw 5 лет назад +21

    I could listen to Carmack talk for hours. This guy is like the Albert Einstein of Hardware.

  • @anmolchauhan9513
    @anmolchauhan9513 4 года назад +7

    When I read the title, I thought it would be some random VR engineer. But it's freaking John Carmack!!

  • @robertforster8984
    @robertforster8984 4 года назад +8

    That “VR engineer” is the legendary John Carmack!

  • @hanssondaniel
    @hanssondaniel 6 лет назад +20

    I could listen to Carmack talk about tech all day!

  • @Pandhermonium
    @Pandhermonium 6 лет назад +78

    John Carmack is a legend. Doom/Quake were great!

    • @Mushe94
      @Mushe94 5 лет назад +1

      are*

    • @sundarchip
      @sundarchip 5 лет назад

      Don't forget Wolfenstein :)

    • @GroinMischief
      @GroinMischief 5 лет назад +1

      Still playing Quake 1 today, modern maps and mods are awesome

  • @swinny_
    @swinny_ 4 года назад +39

    "Virtual Reality Engineer"
    That John Carmack you peasant!

  • @kawamikazecheant
    @kawamikazecheant Год назад +1

    I'm only at the " Child part ", but I already love how he doesn't talk to him with a patronizing tone, which is not always the case when an adult explains something to a child, knowing stuff is great, but taking time to share a vision with a neophyte is priceless 🔥

  • @torpedex4600
    @torpedex4600 6 лет назад +9

    this style of interview is genius

  • @420happyhippy
    @420happyhippy 6 лет назад +8

    This needs to be a new, weekly show: Experts Explain With 5 Levels!!!

  • @Crushenator500
    @Crushenator500 4 года назад +5

    "VR Engineer" lmfao
    I added this video to my watch list like 2 months ago. If I realized it was John Carmack I would have watched it instantly. The man is a living legend.

  • @GuitarHooker
    @GuitarHooker 4 года назад +24

    10:18 - 10:55 That's some really interesting insight. Seems like a terrific thing to be aware of while in an immerging field. I know this was two years ago and Valve is now also find meaning ways to push this medium, but I'm excited to see how Oculus competes with Valve. I want to say Valve is in the lead in both the engineering aspect and in the aspect of providing consumers with a meaningful experience. I'm not too certain about how the Index HMD is pushing the envelope, but the potential for unique experiences to be had with the Index knuckles seems very high. It seems that Half-Life Alyx and Boneworks will serve as some of the experiences that will bring meaningful experiences that inspire other develops to emulate the same while adding their own spin on things. I'm pumped to see what comes of this. The applications for storytelling in conjunction with other mediums also seems pretty interesting.
    This video is some great food for thought. Thanks for the solid content! 👌👌

    • @zakattak80
      @zakattak80 4 года назад

      technologically valve is ahead, but Oculus is trying to make it for the average house hold with the quest. This well make it easier to justify more and bigger projects.

    • @centauridev
      @centauridev 4 года назад

      @@zakattak80 I disagree. Oculus is way ahead in some ways while valve is in others. Its true what you say, that oculus is making it come out to the everyday user. And valve is more high end and "next gen" Oculus tried to make it more mainstream with the quest for example. And that in its own is just as technologically advanced as the valve index. Getting games to run 72hz on a last Gen processor is quite the achievement. And the fact that they have made an incredible inside out tracking system, really puts oculus just as far ahead as valve.

    • @NicolayGiraldo
      @NicolayGiraldo 4 года назад +4

      Carmack can probably fit better with Valve than working for Facebook.

    • @GuitarHooker
      @GuitarHooker 4 года назад +1

      @@NicolayGiraldo I totally agree. With Valve working on BCI stuff now, I bet Carmack would be a perfect fit for those goals

  • @nathie
    @nathie 6 лет назад +816

    Legend

    • @loganburde2838
      @loganburde2838 6 лет назад +2

      indeed

    • @MichaelMichas
      @MichaelMichas 6 лет назад

      truth, Nathie, truth

    • @42tancho
      @42tancho 6 лет назад +3

      Do you have some kind of bot responding to everything vr related?

    • @DJHeroMasta
      @DJHeroMasta 6 лет назад +3

      How dare you call Nathie a bot! Shame on you!

    • @42tancho
      @42tancho 6 лет назад

      DJHeroMasta well it's RUclips after all. Staying relevant above all things

  • @OldBrutus
    @OldBrutus 6 лет назад +109

    What the hell is going on with the audio in this? There's some kind of background thumping just a deep bass, is this intentional?

    • @Arcvnum
      @Arcvnum 6 лет назад +3

      BrutusIL Its some slow techno beat.

    • @newsnowlincanparkproducshu5409
      @newsnowlincanparkproducshu5409 6 лет назад +25

      Next time put on a legit reference set of headphones instead of Dre Beats, you'll hear the actual intended amount of bass instead of a falsely ramped up Bass EQ.

    • @Helyx525
      @Helyx525 6 лет назад +10

      Its some kind of bass drum beat but its out of phase (left +, right -) which is really uncomfortable in the bass range. Somebody screwed up.

    • @AGoldSoldier
      @AGoldSoldier 6 лет назад +8

      NewsNow! LincanParkProducshuns
      3:44
      No, it's just a really weird drum beat that keeps changing location (if you're wearing decent headphones. Also, I'm am not personally wearing beats, I have a pair of Sony headphones, so it's not exclusively from Beats' EQs)
      Don't act so high and mighty, it's a legitimate complaint.

    • @sawtooth3490
      @sawtooth3490 6 лет назад +3

      ikr, sounds like the 5 year old got bored and started running around, couldn't finish the video

  • @lwwells
    @lwwells 5 лет назад +3

    Such and understatement to refer to this man as a “VR engineer”.

  • @lathedon1902
    @lathedon1902 4 года назад +6

    My heart melted when he said, "Or in Minecraft"

  • @williamb1933
    @williamb1933 5 лет назад +5

    Carmack is not just a VR engineer, he's an absolute legend, one of the best engineers of all time!

  • @RenamedChannel
    @RenamedChannel 5 лет назад +34

    "Virtual Reality Engineer"? Thats John Carmack, you fools.

  • @thrwawyacct
    @thrwawyacct 4 года назад +2

    Computing < Art. I am very amazed at how little modern VR relies on mathematics and physics and optics, and how much is invested in animation and art at every microsecond of experience. Sometimes I convince myself that I am sitting at a machine for weeks while the image updates and the next frame comes in, in some kind of temporal stasis, and wonder at how old and outdated my simple body has become. I am an artifact, and these machines have mothballed me.

  • @Timeyy
    @Timeyy 4 года назад +4

    John Carmack man is one of the greatest technical minds of our generation

  • @Xweapon9099
    @Xweapon9099 6 лет назад +53

    This was fun, but as a challenge I feel like he kinda failed with the kids lol. I consider my 5 year to be pretty bright and that would have flown over his head until he said, like your in Minecraft. Also ultra jelly to see a OCC student get to talk to John

    • @WorthlessDeadEnd
      @WorthlessDeadEnd 4 года назад +5

      I hear what you're saying, but John was just being himself. He wasn't bullshitting the little boy. He probably doesn't know how to communicate with five year olds, and at John's genius level IQ, speaking tech language on a level the five year old would understand would have been almost impossible.

    • @Valentyn90A
      @Valentyn90A 4 года назад +4

      @@WorthlessDeadEnd Right. A genius which doesn't know how to communicate with give year olds. That's not what being a genius is. You're overthinking it.

    • @grab9940
      @grab9940 4 года назад +7

      i think the problem is that kid wasnt 5 lol

    • @josonic
      @josonic 4 года назад +1

      I thought the opposite. I thought this was the first one of these where it wasn't too dumbed down for the kids. Seemed like the perfect description to me for that level.

  • @llawliet2310
    @llawliet2310 5 лет назад +13

    I’d love to see this sort of video for abstract subjects like mathematics. Explaining things like teichmüller theory or simplectic geometry or one of the millennium prize problems at different levels would be such a neat thing to do.

  • @piragnipiragni
    @piragnipiragni Год назад +1

    I love how he starts a conversation with a child that everyone can understand and then evolves to a point where with a grad student and the next person you can see they just want to look smart and it ends with a conversation with an expert again at a level of s child because they don't feel the need to prove something.

  • @kainuipenaloza9395
    @kainuipenaloza9395 4 года назад +7

    5:25 *HERE'S A GOOD LESSON IN TRICKERY*

  • @dontlookmeup090
    @dontlookmeup090 6 лет назад +178

    No way this kid is 5 year old LOL XD

  • @Benjam901
    @Benjam901 6 лет назад +163

    That kid has no idea who he is talking to...so jealous right now

    • @ronindebeatrice
      @ronindebeatrice 6 лет назад +3

      Benjam901 The oldest people in this video were toddlers when doom launched.
      Edit: My mistake, Aaron and I were probably both playing Quake on our Pentiums at the same time.

    • @marinellovragovic1207
      @marinellovragovic1207 5 лет назад +3

      I saw the dozens of comments talking about this guy being famous. I never heard about this guy, nor did I ever see him. I'm 19 just to clarify.

    • @ojojoj9579
      @ojojoj9579 5 лет назад +8

      @@marinellovragovic1207 John Carmack, founder of the true 3d fps genre and pioneer of modern game design is one of the most influencial figures in gaming predating Gabe Newell. If it weren't for John Carmack we would never have had DOOM, if we never had DOOM we wouldn't have had Quake, without quake there would be no half life. If you don't understand the importance of half life to the future of video game development then you should really look into it.

    • @marinellovragovic1207
      @marinellovragovic1207 5 лет назад +1

      @@ojojoj9579 well I've never played Half-Life, though I've heard a few dozens of times how far ahead of its time it was. The importance of this game for the videogame industry is news to me though... Guess I'm too young to know that :P

    • @miguelpereira9859
      @miguelpereira9859 5 лет назад +1

      @@marinellovragovic1207 John Carmack is most likely the most important game developer ever, perhaps second only to Shigeru Myamoto

  • @wouldntyouliketoknow5064
    @wouldntyouliketoknow5064 5 лет назад +56

    _Virtual Reality Engineer_
    That's not just a "Virtual Reality Engineer"
    That's John Flippin' Carmack!! :O

  • @maddiepowell1682
    @maddiepowell1682 2 года назад

    It would be interesting to implement theses ideas into augmented reality so that less detail would be needed in world scapes and more into the “idea / or simulation”, and implementing like light sensors that would adjust the sim with surrounding lighting as well as distance sensors for focal adjustments, at this point in time for a fully immersive experience, based on my train of thought, a dedicated space would need to be utilized to for immersion, somewhat like a escape room with virtual components

  • @captainjurgh8142
    @captainjurgh8142 6 лет назад +3

    John Carmack is a GEEK...
    ... We should listen to and admire for ages!! Love ya, Carmack.

  • @mahic98
    @mahic98 6 лет назад +130

    Wtf why did they just say virtual reality engineer and not Video Game Developer God?

    • @brendanbarnard
      @brendanbarnard 4 года назад +4

      Or "The dude that made Doom". I think most people would get the signifigance of that

    • @OneofInfinity.
      @OneofInfinity. 4 года назад

      @@brendanbarnard Those that grew up in the 80's need no introduction for sure 😄

  • @ryan.j113
    @ryan.j113 4 года назад +2

    Eye tracking on a headset like the Quest would be amazing

  • @colonelccccc
    @colonelccccc 5 лет назад +3

    You could have put in the title JOHN CARMACK FFS he's a legend ! John Carmack explains...

  • @gta5thglife292
    @gta5thglife292 6 лет назад +49

    John Carmack thank you for making Doom and thanks also goes to the people in id

    • @kingcrimson234
      @kingcrimson234 4 года назад +1

      John Romero was the creative genius behind Doom. John Carmack was the everything-else genius that actually made it possible.

    • @thepotatoof4219
      @thepotatoof4219 4 года назад +1

      @@kingcrimson234 John Romero was the genius behind Quake. Doom was created by all four of them, but Quake was mostly done by Romero and Adrian.

  • @hybby
    @hybby 6 лет назад +7

    I like how he said "Buy back into optimization". There's a lot of bloat in many facets of games/dev/mem usage. Back in the day, programmers had to be so diligent about optimizing the heck out of their programs, because the memory limit was so low, as well as low processing speed. He's right. We're going to hit the upper limit soon.
    Hmm.... perhaps I oughta follow that inner push into programming, and start off with an optimizing mindset :)

  • @AdamAlbilya1
    @AdamAlbilya1 4 года назад +8

    3:00
    With regard to figuring out what is the player looking at, can't we just project some non-visible wavelength onto the eye and then calculate the angle of which the light has been reflected back by the eyes lenses?

    • @EliteRocketBear
      @EliteRocketBear 4 года назад +8

      Yes, it's been a thing for several years now. It's called foveated rendering. The focus of your eyes is called the fovea.
      One thing holding it back is that most eye tracking solutions (afaik, it's been a while since I worked with VR/AR tech now) rely on infrared light, and that negatively impacts eye strain a lot. Which isn't great when tackling topics like entertainment, immersion, assisted coaching, etc.
      You still have the problem of latency between eye movement and rendered image (latency is increased compared to traditional rendering because of the eye tracking step). That's why currently most people go for fixed foveated rendering (pre defined fovea) over dynamic foveated rendering. For dynamic, you also need the pixel density to support a dynamic fovea on the entire display. So in the end, it's only really a gain on GPU (still good as we're rendering two views instead of one). Downside with fixed fovea is that it feels unnatural, but users tend to get used to it after a few minutes.
      You are then still bottlenecked by CPU which handles the scene prepping, and applying dynamic foveated logic there will actually cost you computational power.

    • @AdamAlbilya1
      @AdamAlbilya1 4 года назад +1

      @@EliteRocketBear
      Thank you for enriching my knowledge!

    • @darrenmartel815
      @darrenmartel815 4 года назад

      Eyes are not completely spherical, so there would be some problems when doing such a thing.

    • @AdamAlbilya1
      @AdamAlbilya1 4 года назад

      @@darrenmartel815
      I think it doesn't matter.

    • @AdamAlbilya1
      @AdamAlbilya1 4 года назад +2

      @@darrenmartel815 I mean, ,obviously it matters for the angels, but it is learnable. Either in-play or by calibration before game.

  • @tekros8481
    @tekros8481 4 года назад +1

    i love John Carmack. thanks for Doom and Quake, man. also, there's something so beautiful and mesmerizing about listening to two experts talk (even if one is God level); even if it's way over my head, I so appreciate the dedication to their craft and subsequent subtlety.

  • @MrFunny-gq8gu
    @MrFunny-gq8gu 4 года назад +60

    He is *THE* John Carmack, and you are just calling a VR engineer? I am offended!
    lol

  • @schonerwissen2013
    @schonerwissen2013 5 лет назад +3

    I just love John Carmack. Shaped my childhood..

  • @PepperElDev
    @PepperElDev 4 года назад

    They may appear to be different stuff but if you think about it, him being the pionner of first person shooter games and also a VR Enginner makes perfect sense when you think those ground-breaking games, when they were released, probably gave a feeling of seeming like a real thing. I mean, you looked through the eyes of the character as if they were yours and moved on a 3D space which is kinda similar to VR experiences even though obviously technology is much more advanced right now and you can do a lot more stuff but when you think about it, it's like a first step on that direction.

  • @88predy
    @88predy 4 года назад +3

    When I saw John Carmack, I was like: "WOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooW!" That man is legend.

  • @dreams7091
    @dreams7091 4 года назад +4

    The kids had no idea they were talking to a living legend.

  • @crystal314
    @crystal314 6 лет назад +65

    Is it just me or is the explanation for the kid is too hard to understand? If I were a 5-year-old kid, I wouldn’t understand him.

    • @two-face1041
      @two-face1041 6 лет назад +3

      Crystal Susiana she’s grown up in the digital age...my 4 year old cousin knows more then I do about computers

    • @notsolegalciv2761
      @notsolegalciv2761 6 лет назад +6

      he isn't 5 tho😂

    • @leyre9989
      @leyre9989 6 лет назад +5

      The one for the twelve year old too, not sure if a kid that age nows what rendering means for example

    • @notsolegalciv2761
      @notsolegalciv2761 6 лет назад

      Leyre Ruiz wtf im 13 and ik what that means ofc
      might be cuz im a tech geek but idk

    • @flyingpenandpaper6119
      @flyingpenandpaper6119 6 лет назад

      True, but really what can you explain to a 5 year old? All you can really say is that you look into a screen and it takes you places.

  • @NikolaiSmetannikov
    @NikolaiSmetannikov 4 года назад

    Interesting to see how with each "level" the conversation is getting more and more abstract.

  • @genisay
    @genisay 4 года назад

    It's been a while since I've had a chance to sample higher-quality VR. How is the 'screen door' effect coming along? Have they found a solution yet for getting around the pixel divisions that popped up in the earlier examples of say, the Occulus?

  • @mikeyyyv3640
    @mikeyyyv3640 4 года назад +58

    Basically: Level one: Infant
    Level two: larger infant
    Level three: adult
    Level four: Larger adult

  • @tgreaux5027
    @tgreaux5027 4 года назад +34

    When this kid grows up hes going to eventually realize he was able to meet and speak to a living god. Long live John Carmack! Build to the bone baby!!!!!!!!

    • @Mate_Antal_Zoltan
      @Mate_Antal_Zoltan 3 года назад +2

      I don't know if this was your intention, but "Build to the bone" implies that he made the Build engine, which he definitely didn't make

  • @isaacalberda250
    @isaacalberda250 4 года назад

    I think they could build a glove that would be able to solve part of the touch problem. You could have it so it restricts your hand movement in a certain way and puts pressure on the palm of your hand and fingers to simulate a physical object

  • @averyb8848
    @averyb8848 4 года назад +16

    His voice makes me wanna clear my throat

  • @explosiveaddict6939
    @explosiveaddict6939 4 года назад +79

    THE MAN
    THE MYTH
    THE JOHN
    IT'S JOHN CARMACK HIMSELF
    ALL HAIL TO THEE, GREAT DEITY OF RIP & TEAR

    • @MrCyberamp
      @MrCyberamp 4 года назад

      Ok dude, take a chill pill.

    • @lethalbroccoli01
      @lethalbroccoli01 4 года назад +3

      Cyberamp your cringe bro.

    • @KopfTrommel
      @KopfTrommel 4 года назад +1

      The Man
      The Myth...
      The Virtual Reality Engineer

    • @fuzzydunlop1753
      @fuzzydunlop1753 4 года назад

      You mean one of the two Johns.