John Carmack pushes out unlocked OS for defunct Oculus Go headset
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Re: John Carmack pushes out unlocked OS for defunct Oculus Go headset
#2This is awesome!
Re: John Carmack pushes out unlocked OS for defunct Oculus Go headset
#3> allowing for a randomly discovered shrink wrapped headset twenty years from now to be able to update to the final software version, long after over-the-air update servers have been shut down.
This resonates so much with me. Each time I setup a new device that requires an Internet connection, I think about how we can enjoy booting 30 years old retro computers and how the next generation will not be able to do the same because of locked down hardware.
Re: John Carmack pushes out unlocked OS for defunct Oculus Go headset
#4> Oculus CTO (and former id Software co-founder) John Carmack
I thought Carmack stepped down from being CTO a few years ago? [0]
[0] https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/oculus-cto-john-carmack-to-...
Re: John Carmack pushes out unlocked OS for defunct Oculus Go headset
#5> allowing for a randomly discovered shrink wrapped headset twenty years from now to be able to update to the final software version, long after over-the-air update servers have been shut down. This resonates so much with me. Each time I setup a new device that requires an Internet connection, I think about how we can enjoy booting 30 years old retro computers and how the next generation will not be able to do the sa…
The same is true of some of the best work being done on the web, such as the NYTimes interactive infographics.
Because they are so JS-heavy, and reliant on CI/CD pipelines for deployment, on custom CMSes, there is no way to archive them in the way that static pages containing just text and images can be archived on the Wayback Machine. Heck, even Flash projects from 15 years ago still run fine when compiled on Ruffle or some other Flash player.
Re: John Carmack pushes out unlocked OS for defunct Oculus Go headset
#6> Oculus CTO (and former id Software co-founder) John Carmack I thought Carmack stepped down from being CTO a few years ago? [0] [0] https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/oculus-cto-john-carmack-to-...
The sub-heading of your link says:
> Carmack says he's transitioning to the role of "consulting CTO" at Oculus.
So he can still be called CTO.
Re: John Carmack pushes out unlocked OS for defunct Oculus Go headset
#7> Oculus CTO (and former id Software co-founder) John Carmack I thought Carmack stepped down from being CTO a few years ago? [0] [0] https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/oculus-cto-john-carmack-to-...
The sub-heading of your link says: > Carmack says he's transitioning to the role of "consulting CTO" at Oculus. So he can still be called CTO.
But that was also 2 years ago. I assumed by this time they'd have found a permanent CTO? Maybe not.
Re: John Carmack pushes out unlocked OS for defunct Oculus Go headset
#8> allowing for a randomly discovered shrink wrapped headset twenty years from now to be able to update to the final software version, long after over-the-air update servers have been shut down. This resonates so much with me. Each time I setup a new device that requires an Internet connection, I think about how we can enjoy booting 30 years old retro computers and how the next generation will not be able to do the sa…
The same is true of some of the best work being done on the web, such as the NYTimes interactive infographics. Because they are so JS-heavy, and reliant on CI/CD pipelines for deployment, on custom CMSes, there is no way to archive them in the way that static pages containing just text and images can be archived on the Wayback Machine. Heck, even Flash projects from 15 years ago still run fine when compiled on Ruffle…
https://conifer.rhizome.org/ can do it
Re: John Carmack pushes out unlocked OS for defunct Oculus Go headset
#9Imagining that future is about people wearing VR devices on their head (even as minimal as a pair of glasses) is hard to grasp.
"In their head" would be a different matter but that is not what the current technology is focusing on (apart from Neuralink).
Edit: not propagating for any such vision the future! just noticing that wearing stuff on head would be clunky and impractical for true immersion.
Re: John Carmack pushes out unlocked OS for defunct Oculus Go headset
#10> allowing for a randomly discovered shrink wrapped headset twenty years from now to be able to update to the final software version, long after over-the-air update servers have been shut down. This resonates so much with me. Each time I setup a new device that requires an Internet connection, I think about how we can enjoy booting 30 years old retro computers and how the next generation will not be able to do the sa…
It's pretty likely they will; they'll just have to crack them first. Pretty much everyone does it with retro consoles today, since CDs are inconvenient and expensive for the core audience of that wants to play video games and DRM is always breakable. It'll probably be easier though, because it almost assuredly won't require you to take out a soldering iron, like you have to with most legacy consoles.