John D. Carmack
Founder
id Software
Dallas, TX, USA
Biography:
John D. Carmack is an American game programmer, aerospace and virtual reality engineer. He co-founded 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, such as his famous Carmack's Reverse algorithm for shadow volumes, 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, which in 2014 became a subsidiary of Facebook.
Convention Guest Appearances
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2013
- QuakeCon 2013 - August 1-4, 2013 in Dallas, TX, USA 2012
- QuakeCon 2012 - August 2-5, 2012 in Dallas, TX, USA 2011
- QuakeCon 2011 - August 4-7, 2011 in Dallas, TX, USA 2010
- QuakeCon 2010 - August 12-15, 2010 in Dallas, TX, USA 2009
- QuakeCon 2009 - August 13-16, 2009 in Grapevine, TX, USA
- A-Kon 2009 - May 29-31, 2009 in Dallas, TX, USA 2008
- QuakeCon 2008 - July 31 - August 3, 2008 in Dallas, TX, USA 2007
- QuakeCon 2007 - August 2-5, 2007 in Dallas, TX, USA 2006
- QuakeCon 2006 - August 3-6, 2006 in Dallas, TX, USA 2005
- QuakeCon 2005 - August 11-14, 2005 in Grapevine, TX, USA 2004
- QuakeCon 2004 - August 12-15, 2004 in Grapevine, TX, USA 2003
- QuakeCon 2003 - August 15-17, 2003 in Dallas, TX, USA 2002
- QuakeCon 2002 - August 15-18, 2002 in Mesquite, TX, USA 2001
- QuakeCon 2001 - August 9-12, 2001 in Mesquite, TX, USA 2000
- QuakeCon 2000 - August 3-6, 2000 in Mesquite, TX, USA 1999
- QuakeCon 1999 - August 5-8, 1999 in Mesquite, TX, USA 1998
- QuakeCon 1998 - July 22-26, 1998 in Dallas, TX, USA 1997
- QuakeCon 1997 - July 16-20, 1997 in Plano, TX, USA 1996
- QuakeCon 1996 - August 15-18, 1996 in Garland, TX, USA
19 confirmed guest appearances