In scathing exit memo, Meta VR expert John Carmack derides the company's bureaucracy: 'I have never been able to kill stupid things before they cause damage.'
has been spending billions of dollars on the project, worrying investors. Carmack's comments will likely add fuel to this fire.
"I have never been able to kill stupid things before they cause damage, or set a direction and have a team actually stick to it," he added in another part of the memo.Read Carmack's full memo:Quest 2 is almost exactly what I wanted to see from the beginning – mobile hardware, inside out tracking, optional PC streaming, 4k screen, cost effective. Despite all the complaints I have about our software, millions of people are still getting value out of it. We have a good product.
We have a ridiculous amount of people and resources, but we constantly self-sabotage and squander effort. There is no way to sugar coat this; I think out organization is operating at half the effectiveness that would make me happy. Some may scoff and contend we are doing just fine, but others will laugh and say"Half? Ha! I'm at quarter efficiency!"
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