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Doom co-creator John Romero skeptical of virtual reality “fad”
Id software cofounder John Carmack has probably been virtual reality's biggest booster in the wider game industry, championing the Oculus Rift long before he officially joined Oculus as chief technology officer last year (much to the chagrin of former employer ZeniMax). But fellow Id co-founder and Doom developer John Romero seems much more skeptical that the new wave of virtual reality headsets will really be as revolutionary as developers like Carmack seem to think.
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I think once they figure out how to read brain signals well enough for VR to tell if you want to walk forward, backwards, run, etc it will change the game. Wearing the headset is not something that I would find annoying, its the fact that without reading brain signals the whole experience can be clunky and just down right impractical and confusing. Looking forward for strides in that direction!