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John Carmack
Programmer, Video Game Developer
1970 –
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Who is John Carmack?
John D. Carmack is an American game programmer and the co-founder of Id Software. Carmack was the lead programmer of the Id video games Commander Keen, Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, Quake, Rage and their sequels. Carmack is best known for his innovations in 3D graphics, and is also a rocketry enthusiast and the founder and lead engineer of Armadillo Aerospace. In August 2013, Carmack took the position of CTO at Oculus VR.
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- Born
- Aug 20, 1970
Roeland Park - Also known as
- John Carmack
- Spouses
- Katherine Anna Kang
(2000/01/05 - )
- Katherine Anna Kang
- Religion
- Atheism
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University of Missouri–Kansas City
- Shawnee Mission East High School
- Employment
- Technical Director, id Software
- Softdisk
- Armadillo Aerospace
- Lived in
- Kansas
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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