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video game programming

2 thinkers, books, and ideas connected to this field.

Thinker

John Carmack

American programmer who created the 3D graphics engines for Doom and Quake — arguably the most technically consequential video games ever made — and later served as CTO of Oculus VR before pursuing AGI research.

virtual realityvideo game programmingartificial general intelligencegraphics engineering
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Tim Sweeney

American programmer and founder/CEO of Epic Games, creator of the Unreal Engine and Fortnite, and the most prominent antagonist in the legal battle against Apple and Google over app store fees.

technology leadershipconservationvideo game programmingmetaverse infrastructure
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