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

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  • @dishakarim9242
    @dishakarim9242 Před 6 lety +6176

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

    • @charnielduterte3796
      @charnielduterte3796 Před 5 lety +252

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

    • @UnchainedEruption
      @UnchainedEruption Před 5 lety +280

      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 Před 5 lety +71

      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 Před 5 lety +13

      When John Carmack walks into the room you need a trumpeter. czcams.com/video/NkD0MxNY_Bw/video.html

    • @reactnativetutorial651
      @reactnativetutorial651 Před 5 lety +7

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

  • @RooboliusBrandybuck
    @RooboliusBrandybuck Před 5 lety +2673

    I clicked on this video because I wanted to see John Carmack attempt to talk to a child.

    • @seasesh4073
      @seasesh4073 Před 4 lety +49

      Last time he did he almost got locked up lol

    • @skyr3x
      @skyr3x Před 4 lety +93

      OR IN MINECRAFT

    • @brendanbarnard
      @brendanbarnard Před 4 lety +11

      I loveJohn Carmack. I didnt look at the thumbnail before clicking on the video and when I saw it was him I got a million times more interested

    • @ArunCannan
      @ArunCannan Před 4 lety

      Lol

    • @YamilGonzales
      @YamilGonzales Před 4 lety +115

      Hahaha he lost the kid in like 20 seconds

  • @Air51
    @Air51 Před 4 lety +2017

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

    • @TotalGAMIX
      @TotalGAMIX Před 4 lety +293

      Lol yes no way that is a 5 year old

    • @raidone7413
      @raidone7413 Před 4 lety +65

      Ikr static is not in elementary schoolers vocab

    • @ayszhang
      @ayszhang Před 4 lety +16

      Was thinking the exact same thing 😂

    • @eternalglow6483
      @eternalglow6483 Před 4 lety +42

      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 Před 4 lety +7

      Or at "intended".

  • @pongopea
    @pongopea Před 2 lety +273

    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 Před rokem +1

      *is just the bouncer at a chess tournament.

    • @zackwumpus9364
      @zackwumpus9364 Před rokem

      false, he later admitteded it was far more basic.

    • @pongopea
      @pongopea Před rokem

      @@zackwumpus9364 🤓

  • @AlphaEnt2
    @AlphaEnt2 Před 6 lety +5201

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

    • @StereoBucket
      @StereoBucket Před 6 lety +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 Před 5 lety +197

      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 Před 5 lety +19

      @@Blake4014 we already have elon musk lol

    • @beProsto
      @beProsto Před 5 lety +59

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

    • @beProsto
      @beProsto Před 5 lety +68

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

  • @PeterDanielBerg
    @PeterDanielBerg Před 6 lety +4202

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

    • @yashwinning
      @yashwinning Před 6 lety +449

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

    • @4t0m5k
      @4t0m5k Před 6 lety +167

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

    • @Spacio4321
      @Spacio4321 Před 6 lety +16

      Peter Daniel Berg Better get a psychologist for that.

    • @suicidalbanananana
      @suicidalbanananana Před 6 lety +10

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

    • @2ManArmy16
      @2ManArmy16 Před 6 lety +7

      Isnt this the Stephen king of virtual reality?🤔

  • @tylerdurden69420
    @tylerdurden69420 Před 4 lety +1046

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

    • @mildpotato6895
      @mildpotato6895 Před 4 lety +43

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

    • @5udimax
      @5udimax Před 4 lety +55

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

    • @e2rqey
      @e2rqey Před 4 lety +116

      Hi I'm Jesus Christ im a carpenter

    • @Miestwin
      @Miestwin Před 4 lety +9

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

    • @spectacularpoopfly8464
      @spectacularpoopfly8464 Před 4 lety +1

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

  • @namewastaken360
    @namewastaken360 Před 5 lety +688

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

  • @chunkylover5367
    @chunkylover5367 Před 6 lety +1145

    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 Před 5 lety +152

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

    • @identiticrisis
      @identiticrisis Před 5 lety +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 Před 5 lety +47

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

    • @benjaminchadwick8007
      @benjaminchadwick8007 Před 5 lety +20

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

    • @sirtimatbob
      @sirtimatbob Před 5 lety +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.

  • @timleonard2668
    @timleonard2668 Před 6 lety +564

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

    • @Painang89
      @Painang89 Před 4 lety +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 Před 4 lety +8

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

  • @illyay1337
    @illyay1337 Před 5 lety +927

    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 Před 4 lety +9

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    • @charvikripalani2270
      @charvikripalani2270 Před 4 lety +6

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

    • @unavailable2516
      @unavailable2516 Před 4 lety +6

      @@-loarado are you high???

    • @Spellweaver5
      @Spellweaver5 Před 4 lety +14

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

    • @cryptohello7666
      @cryptohello7666 Před 4 lety +3

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

  • @WarrenKLiu
    @WarrenKLiu Před 5 lety +779

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

  • @Frisenette
    @Frisenette Před 6 lety +4314

    No way is that a five year old.

    • @locust76
      @locust76 Před 6 lety +557

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

    • @Frisenette
      @Frisenette Před 6 lety +628

      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 Před 6 lety +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 Před 6 lety +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 Před 6 lety +233

      Skyrilla hope thats a joke.

  • @metfan4l
    @metfan4l Před 6 lety +2005

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

    • @TimBurtonTim
      @TimBurtonTim Před 6 lety +88

      He was born to solve problems.

    • @imnottyler
      @imnottyler Před 6 lety +54

      Ubisoft stay the fuck away from VR

    • @NachtFaenger
      @NachtFaenger Před 6 lety +15

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

    • @Mucker-le6ld
      @Mucker-le6ld Před 6 lety +2

      He's nothing but a corporate thief.

    • @carver7585
      @carver7585 Před 6 lety +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.

  • @pectoralismajor1097
    @pectoralismajor1097 Před 4 lety +301

    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 Před 3 lety

      ...Protons decay??

    • @vindieu
      @vindieu Před 3 lety

      @@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 Před 3 lety +4

      @@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.

  • @Neutronic01
    @Neutronic01 Před 4 lety +957

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

    • @phan_8762
      @phan_8762 Před 4 lety +16

      cringe

    • @Neutronic01
      @Neutronic01 Před 4 lety +52

      phan wants waffles Ah, you must play Fortnite

    • @phan_8762
      @phan_8762 Před 4 lety +4

      @@Neutronic01 what makes you think

    • @fluzzy4517
      @fluzzy4517 Před 4 lety +27

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

    • @TheXGamerNeedsRice
      @TheXGamerNeedsRice Před 4 lety +13

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

  • @philipgodsworth4764
    @philipgodsworth4764 Před 6 lety +1608

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

    • @agamaz5650
      @agamaz5650 Před 5 lety +31

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

    • @schplorgus8140
      @schplorgus8140 Před 5 lety +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 Před 5 lety

      Shooters are the first step, actually

    • @GroinMischief
      @GroinMischief Před 5 lety +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 Před 5 lety +5

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

  • @ywjsiabvue
    @ywjsiabvue Před 6 lety +142

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

  • @theodyssey9177
    @theodyssey9177 Před 4 lety +164

    What are the parents feeding that “5 year old”

  • @TheJPomp
    @TheJPomp Před 5 lety +131

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

  • @reinehahaha000
    @reinehahaha000 Před 6 lety +1416

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

    • @ronindebeatrice
      @ronindebeatrice Před 6 lety +38

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

    • @txi_xecute9277
      @txi_xecute9277 Před 6 lety +12

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

    • @ashleyking2791
      @ashleyking2791 Před 6 lety +24

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

    • @marcopolo3001
      @marcopolo3001 Před 6 lety +14

      The boy is raised on vitamin S

    • @CharlesTheClumsy
      @CharlesTheClumsy Před 6 lety +4

      In Sweden people in 5th grade are 11-12

  • @Samouraii
    @Samouraii Před 6 lety +595

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

    • @Clavus
      @Clavus Před 6 lety +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 Před 6 lety

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

    • @Oogidahboogidah
      @Oogidahboogidah Před 6 lety +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 Před 6 lety +5

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

    • @Phoen1x883
      @Phoen1x883 Před 6 lety +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.

  • @ArquimedesOfficial
    @ArquimedesOfficial Před 5 lety +495

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

    • @YaroLord
      @YaroLord Před 4 lety +47

      Or just "John Carmack speaking with mortals about VR"

    • @Estorium
      @Estorium Před 4 lety +7

      God speaks to mortals.

  • @mattd7927
    @mattd7927 Před 4 lety +55

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

  • @maxniehaus4384
    @maxniehaus4384 Před 6 lety +1193

    What are they feeding that "5 year old"

    • @evilavatarcarmoe6730
      @evilavatarcarmoe6730 Před 6 lety +173

      Max Niehaus 10th graders

    • @jeremyedombingo
      @jeremyedombingo Před 6 lety +19

      Max Niehaus minecraft blocks

    • @haiscore2614
      @haiscore2614 Před 6 lety +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 Před 6 lety +46

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

    • @g4br9el
      @g4br9el Před 6 lety +4

      Knowledge

  • @Captain.Fantastic
    @Captain.Fantastic Před 6 lety +446

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

    • @mattlang5194
      @mattlang5194 Před 5 lety +61

      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 Před 4 lety +16

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

    • @unknownunknowns
      @unknownunknowns Před 4 lety +3

      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 Před 4 lety +10

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

    • @unknownunknowns
      @unknownunknowns Před 4 lety +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.

  • @3oxisprimus848
    @3oxisprimus848 Před 5 lety +39

    Observe how he relaxes as he goes up the levels

  • @conodigrom
    @conodigrom Před 5 lety +172

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

  • @_moosh
    @_moosh Před 6 lety +1049

    "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 Před 5 lety +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 Před 5 lety +65

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

    • @txicthmas1007
      @txicthmas1007 Před 5 lety +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 Před 5 lety +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 Před 5 lety +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!"

  • @etnm17
    @etnm17 Před 6 lety +69

    They actually met John fucking Carmack.

  • @Isoquant
    @Isoquant Před 4 lety +27

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

  • @akramsergewa1016
    @akramsergewa1016 Před 4 lety +99

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

  • @user-zm1xc9tx2b
    @user-zm1xc9tx2b Před 6 lety +164

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

    • @wille7319
      @wille7319 Před 6 lety +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 Před 6 lety +5

      John Carmack - god mode. FTFY

    • @steve00alt70
      @steve00alt70 Před 6 lety +1

      The college boy is small?

    • @highonheroin5352
      @highonheroin5352 Před 5 lety

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

  • @danielmorales4351
    @danielmorales4351 Před 6 lety +424

    girl came in like she was there for an interview

    • @mrabythomas
      @mrabythomas Před 6 lety +60

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

    • @TheSleathable
      @TheSleathable Před 5 lety +19

      Sickening wasn't it

    • @caniscerulean
      @caniscerulean Před 5 lety +93

      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 Před 5 lety +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 Před 5 lety +23

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

  • @h4724-q6j
    @h4724-q6j Před 5 lety +146

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

    • @PixelThorn
      @PixelThorn Před 4 lety +2

      "some guy explains VR to..."

  • @pavelh756
    @pavelh756 Před 5 lety +412

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

    • @-loarado
      @-loarado Před 4 lety +2

      *_Уes_*

    • @nathanrandomized3593
      @nathanrandomized3593 Před 4 lety +2

      Better title
      "We put John Carmack in this video"

    • @gc8972b
      @gc8972b Před 3 lety

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

  • @travisfahs6519
    @travisfahs6519 Před 6 lety +34

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

  • @AKAMustang
    @AKAMustang Před 6 lety +550

    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 Před 5 lety +44

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

    • @bernardodc9631
      @bernardodc9631 Před 5 lety +17

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

    • @aaaab384
      @aaaab384 Před 5 lety +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 Před 5 lety +2

      aa LMAO GAHDAYUM

    • @theguardian8317
      @theguardian8317 Před 5 lety +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

  • @xfox360
    @xfox360 Před 5 lety +793

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

  • @ChildofIcarus
    @ChildofIcarus Před 4 lety +20

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

  • @karlkastor
    @karlkastor Před 6 lety +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)

  • @leodahvee
    @leodahvee Před 6 lety +466

    Now explain Quantum mechanics to 5 year olds

    • @badoli1074
      @badoli1074 Před 6 lety +15

      No real challenge for a Carmack.

    • @philv2529
      @philv2529 Před 6 lety +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 Před 6 lety +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 Před 6 lety +4

      If Feynman was still alive it would be easy for him

    • @miniyodadude6604
      @miniyodadude6604 Před 6 lety +1

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

  • @DoggyP00
    @DoggyP00 Před 5 lety +34

    John Carmack explain 5 different concepts to 5 different people

  • @ElectronIsABadTuber
    @ElectronIsABadTuber Před 4 lety +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 Před 4 lety +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.

  • @djorphic
    @djorphic Před 6 lety +159

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

    • @HandledToaster2
      @HandledToaster2 Před 4 lety +6

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

    • @natsuki4021
      @natsuki4021 Před 4 lety +2

      They might have meant 5th grader or something.

    • @jimsmith3715
      @jimsmith3715 Před 4 lety +1

      Ive seen some gigsntic kids before

    • @NoFeckingNamesLeft
      @NoFeckingNamesLeft Před 4 lety +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.

  • @ashishjog
    @ashishjog Před 6 lety +37

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

  • @TomH2681
    @TomH2681 Před 4 lety +75

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

  • @dandyroth
    @dandyroth Před 4 lety +29

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

  • @multipurposepaperbox
    @multipurposepaperbox Před 4 lety +122

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

  • @StarryShaw
    @StarryShaw Před 5 lety +21

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

  • @theopenrift
    @theopenrift Před 5 lety +19

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

  • @scoreman
    @scoreman Před 4 lety +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: 🙂

  • @CharlesTheClumsy
    @CharlesTheClumsy Před 6 lety +554

    Is that the kid from "Up"?

  • @RenamedChannel
    @RenamedChannel Před 6 lety +34

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

  • @Crushenator500
    @Crushenator500 Před 4 lety +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.

  • @swinny_
    @swinny_ Před 4 lety +39

    "Virtual Reality Engineer"
    That John Carmack you peasant!

  • @Benjam901
    @Benjam901 Před 6 lety +163

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

    • @ronindebeatrice
      @ronindebeatrice Před 6 lety +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 Před 5 lety +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 Před 5 lety +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 Před 5 lety +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 Před 5 lety +1

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

  • @Pandhermonium
    @Pandhermonium Před 6 lety +78

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

    • @Mushe94
      @Mushe94 Před 5 lety +1

      are*

    • @sundarchip
      @sundarchip Před 5 lety

      Don't forget Wolfenstein :)

    • @GroinMischief
      @GroinMischief Před 5 lety +1

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

  • @robertforster8984
    @robertforster8984 Před 4 lety +8

    That “VR engineer” is the legendary John Carmack!

  • @anmolchauhan9513
    @anmolchauhan9513 Před 4 lety +7

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

  • @williamb1933
    @williamb1933 Před 6 lety +5

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

  • @hanssondaniel
    @hanssondaniel Před 6 lety +20

    I could listen to Carmack talk about tech all day!

  • @averyb8848
    @averyb8848 Před 4 lety +16

    His voice makes me wanna clear my throat

  • @mikeyyyv3640
    @mikeyyyv3640 Před 4 lety +58

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

  • @nathie
    @nathie Před 6 lety +815

    Legend

    • @loganburde2838
      @loganburde2838 Před 6 lety +2

      indeed

    • @MichaelMichas
      @MichaelMichas Před 6 lety

      truth, Nathie, truth

    • @42tancho
      @42tancho Před 6 lety +3

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

    • @DJHeroMasta
      @DJHeroMasta Před 6 lety +3

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

    • @42tancho
      @42tancho Před 6 lety

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

  • @crystal314
    @crystal314 Před 6 lety +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 Před 6 lety +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 Před 6 lety +6

      he isn't 5 tho😂

    • @leyre9989
      @leyre9989 Před 6 lety +5

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

    • @notsolegalciv2761
      @notsolegalciv2761 Před 6 lety

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

    • @flyingpenandpaper6119
      @flyingpenandpaper6119 Před 6 lety

      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.

  • @HalkerVeil
    @HalkerVeil Před 5 lety +30

    He lost the kid at "static picture"

  • @kainuipenaloza9395
    @kainuipenaloza9395 Před 5 lety +7

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

  • @torpedex4600
    @torpedex4600 Před 6 lety +9

    this style of interview is genius

  • @mahic98
    @mahic98 Před 6 lety +130

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

    • @brendanbarnard
      @brendanbarnard Před 4 lety +4

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

    • @OneofInfinity.
      @OneofInfinity. Před 4 lety

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

  • @wal_rider8479
    @wal_rider8479 Před 4 lety +13

    As 15yo, I felt very proud for understanding all the terms and logic behind what he was talking on all levels.

  • @lathedon1902
    @lathedon1902 Před 5 lety +6

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

  • @Xweapon9099
    @Xweapon9099 Před 6 lety +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 Před 5 lety +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 Před 5 lety +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 Před 5 lety +7

      i think the problem is that kid wasnt 5 lol

    • @josonic
      @josonic Před 4 lety +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.

  • @OldBrutus
    @OldBrutus Před 6 lety +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 Před 6 lety +3

      BrutusIL Its some slow techno beat.

    • @newsnowlincanparkproducshu5409
      @newsnowlincanparkproducshu5409 Před 6 lety +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 Před 6 lety +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 Před 6 lety +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 Před 6 lety +3

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

  • @facuags
    @facuags Před 4 lety +19

    "Virtual Reality Engineer" is a pretty weird way to call the god and creator of the simulation we live in.

  • @dreams7091
    @dreams7091 Před 5 lety +4

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

  • @420happyhippy
    @420happyhippy Před 6 lety +8

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

  • @dontlookmeup090
    @dontlookmeup090 Před 6 lety +178

    No way this kid is 5 year old LOL XD

  • @tgreaux5027
    @tgreaux5027 Před 4 lety +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 Před 3 lety +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

  • @kawamikazecheant
    @kawamikazecheant Před 2 lety +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 🔥

  • @llawliet2310
    @llawliet2310 Před 6 lety +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.

  • @joeleslie5279
    @joeleslie5279 Před 6 lety +85

    Funny how the older they get, the less they listen....

    • @yuhboi3968
      @yuhboi3968 Před 5 lety +15

      The more and longer they talked tho.

    • @jimsmith3715
      @jimsmith3715 Před 4 lety

      @DarkGrisen and they talk more because they are trying to get more understanding

  • @SanicStudios
    @SanicStudios Před 3 lety +2

    The intro should've just been
    "I'm John Carmack, and I'm John Carmack"

  • @GerardoBecerra597
    @GerardoBecerra597 Před 5 lety +1

    lmao why people in the comments are so obsessed of telling the world they know the name of the guy in the video? To have a VR engineer in the title gives more importance and authority to John Carmack on technology development than "Hey, fellow gamers! Here is John Carmack, this is just for you so you can feel better about your identity!"

  • @gta5thglife292
    @gta5thglife292 Před 6 lety +49

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

    • @kingcrimson234
      @kingcrimson234 Před 4 lety +1

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

    • @thepotatoof4219
      @thepotatoof4219 Před 4 lety +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.

  • @StubenhockerElite
    @StubenhockerElite Před 5 lety +13

    "Hello I am John Carmack, and yes i did more than Quake and DOOM"

  • @wouldntyouliketoknow5064
    @wouldntyouliketoknow5064 Před 5 lety +56

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

  • @MrFunny-gq8gu
    @MrFunny-gq8gu Před 5 lety +60

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

  • @KevWebsz
    @KevWebsz Před 6 lety +5

    Bro when she started talking I was like.....wtf is she saying lmao

  • @CDArnoldMusic
    @CDArnoldMusic Před 4 lety +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 Před 4 lety

      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 Před 4 lety

      @@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 Před 4 lety +4

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

    • @CDArnoldMusic
      @CDArnoldMusic Před 4 lety +1

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

  • @Timeyy
    @Timeyy Před 4 lety +4

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

  • @ukrainer7723
    @ukrainer7723 Před 4 měsíci +1

    The feeling that the future they were talking about (especially with the expert) is already here. The haptic costume exists, where, if you wear it, you can feel every touch.
    The mimic camera is also here, so you actually can express real emotions in games.
    And, obviously, full-body tracking, with which you can move more naturally.

  • @hybby
    @hybby Před 6 lety +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 :)

  • @fumeinayuza
    @fumeinayuza Před 6 lety +151

    A horribly bad cut. The conversations feel so unnatural with all of them seemingly not paying attention to what their interlocutor just said. Feels more like someone simply put together the most interesting monologs out of the whole material.

    • @anonony9081
      @anonony9081 Před 6 lety +8

      Giants yeah I think the 12 year old girl said one word

    • @philv2529
      @philv2529 Před 6 lety +9

      You get two points from me for the use of the word, "interlocutor."

    • @AJ-ll1mc
      @AJ-ll1mc Před 5 lety +4

      The college student seems very interested 😂

  • @explosiveaddict6939
    @explosiveaddict6939 Před 4 lety +79

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

  • @nicholaskong1673
    @nicholaskong1673 Před 5 lety +10

    7:54 shaking leg happens out of nowhere

  • @lwwells
    @lwwells Před 5 lety +3

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

  • @colonelccccc
    @colonelccccc Před 5 lety +3

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

  • @piragnipiragni
    @piragnipiragni Před rokem +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.

  • @forthehomies7043
    @forthehomies7043 Před 3 lety +1

    For anyone who doesn't know who this man is, he wrote and coded the first first person shooter and created Team deathmatch