> "No, he would not leave Texas, he said. In fact, as a condition of his acceptance, he said Oculus would have to open an office in Dallas—which it has since done."<p>Power move
> "I embrace the mundane work and find insights while exploring it."<p>I love this quote. I'm still early in my career, and unfortunately find myself focusing far too much at the big picture and becoming overwhelmed by it. Any tips for "embracing the mundane"?
Everything John Carmack says he likes about Dallas is what I like about Dallas, and absolutely hated about Austin. I purposefuly fled Austin to return to Dallas years ago. There's something unique in the independent spirit in this area, and it persists year after year. I'm exceptionally pleased at his reasoning, and may quote some of his verbiage when appropriate.
My favorite quote from the article: <i>“A lot of people, especially from California, say, ‘Texas? Why the hell are you in Texas?’ But I am generally happy to wave the flag and say, ‘No, I am not here under duress.’ I actually like it here. And we appreciate the sense of the Southern hospitality. You don’t get the sense that everyone needs to be coddled and taken care of. You get the sense of gumption.”</i><p>This is why many of us live in "flyover country".
> In fact, as he continues he leans forward and seems on the verge of standing up<p>I always stops on sentences like this one and admire the writing.
We should have the technology to do VR acceptably now, although display technology and tracking technology both needed an upgrade. The problem remains, what do you use it for? If there's a killer app for VR, it hasn't been invented yet.<p>Also, the headgear needs to be far less clunky. Samsung is making progress in this area. The Oculus Rift is as bulky as some of the 1990s headgear.
"“It was a binary thing,” he says matter-of-factly. “We didn’t get into suborbital space within the 10 years; thus it was not a success.”" I had to read that sentence twice. I saw "binary" and didn't think 10=ten.