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John Carmack sounds a skeptical note over Meta’s metaverse plans

John Carmack, seen here wearing an early prototype Oculus Rift headset. Oculus consulting CTO John Carmack has been bullish on the idea of “the metaverse” for a long time, as he’ll be among the first to point out. But the id Software co-founder spent a good chunk of his wide-ranging Connect keynote Thursday sounding pretty […]

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John Carmack pushes out unlocked OS for defunct Oculus Go headset

Enlarge / Ars’ own Sam Machkovech, shown here modeling the Oculus Go’s bright future. Oculus may have officially discontinued its low-end Oculus Go headset last year, but the company has one more “official” update to help future-proof the hardware. On Thursday, Oculus released an unlocked build of the Oculus Go operating system, allowing for “full […]