John Carmack Facebook Connect 2021 Keynote

Very good no-nonsense talk.

Surprising contrast with all other FB Connect keynotes.

10:45 - On barriers he encountered on his quest to release unlocked software for Oculus Go.

20:00 - long critique of Metaverse/Horizon.

34:00 - "Everybody agrees that a closed platform doesn't deserve to be called The Metaverse"

37:00 - On how Horizon World, Horizon Venues, Horizon Workrooms are all mess of disconnected codebases.

38:40 - On upcoming hardware

42:20 - On headset pricing and how "There are people for whom $0 is not cheap enough to make current headsets valuable, because there are plenty of Quest 2 headsets in closets now"

46:00 - On pancake lenses

53:20 - On FB outage

55:30 - On PWA, native and regular Android apps for VR