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    John Carmack

    John Carmack is a renowned programmer and technologist, formerly CTO of Oculus VR and founder of Id Software and Armadillo Aerospace.

    #14 Spatial Computing#2 Game Development
    30CiteRank

    Last updated 11 Nov 2026 · Named in 25 answers across 5 engines
    Bing AI Mode starts a separate baseline. Copilot remains a separate public engine and keeps its history; changes across the switch are not like-for-like growth.

    How AI engines see them

    Recognized by 5 of 5 measured engines. Updated 2026-10-26

    All five engines agree that John Carmack now works on artificial general intelligence through Keen Technologies and is not primarily a voice AI practitioner. Copilot adds his partnership with Richard Sutton and his view that intelligence may need only compact code. Gemini and Google AI Mode both describe robot experiments with Atari games and his doubts about language models alone. Perplexity adds his role as id Software co-founder and Oculus technical leader. All five engines name him. The pages cited most are dmagazine.com, wandb.ai and dallasinnovates.com.

    • ChatGPTNamed in 5 answers

      ChatGPT says he is focused on AGI through Keen Technologies and is more a thinker on the future of intelligent agents than a voice AI builder.

      Known for
      • AGI research at Keen Technologies
      • ideas on agents learning through interaction
    • GeminiNamed in 9 answers

      Gemini says he is not known for voice AI and now researches AGI and reinforcement learning at Keen Technologies, doubting language models alone.

      Known for
      • embodied reinforcement learning research
      • skepticism of language-model-only AGI
      • earlier career in 3D gaming
    • Google AI ModeNamed in 4 answers

      Google AI Mode calls him the programmer behind Doom, Quake and early Oculus VR, now focused on AGI research at Keen Technologies.

      Known for
      • Doom and Quake
      • Atari robot reinforcement learning experiments
    • PerplexityNamed in 4 answers

      Perplexity describes him as a game and graphics programmer and former Oculus CTO pursuing AGI through Keen Technologies, more an AGI thinker than a voice AI founder.

      Known for
      • technology behind Doom and Quake
      • VR work at Oculus
    • Bing AI ModeNot named

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    • CopilotNamed in 3 answers

      Copilot says he left Oculus to pursue AGI at Keen Technologies and favors efficient algorithms over massive scaling, working with Richard Sutton.

      Known for
      • efficient algorithms for intelligence
      • AGI research with Richard Sutton

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    • #14Spatial Computingof 41
      Named in 27 answers
    • -Platform engineeringof 49
      Named in 15 answers
    • #2Game Developmentof 34
      Named in 20 answers

    Top URLs

    1. 1
      Top 10 VR Experts & Thought Leaders in 2026 | Treeview
      treeview.studio9 citations
    2. 2
      Top 10 AR Experts & Thought Leaders in 2026 | Treeview
      treeview.studio5 citations
    3. 3
      Top 10 VR Experts of 2026 | VR Development Services | Tech Reforms Blog
      techreforms.com4 citations

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    • Who is the best software engineer in the world?

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    • Who are the most influential voices in Game development & engines?

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    • Who are the most influential voices in Spatial computing & AR/VR?

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