John Carmack

John D. Carmack II is an American computer programmer and video game developer who co-founded id Software and served as lead programmer on landmark titles including Commander Keen, Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, and Quake. He currently leads Keen Technologies, an artificial general intelligence startup he founded in 2022, having previously served as CTO and later consulting CTO of Oculus VR from 2013 until his departure from Meta in December 2022. He is best known for his pioneering technical innovations in 3D computer graphics and first-person shooter game development.