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John Carmack's arguments against building a custom XR OS at Meta

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521 points OlympicMarmoto | 2 comments | 29 Aug 25 16:45 UTC | HN request time: 0.473s | source
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lukev ◴[29 Aug 25 17:53 UTC] No.45067307[source]▶
This is completely right from a product point of view, which is Carmack's argument.

But I have wondered why one of these companies with billions of dollars to burn hasn't tried to create something new as a strategic initiative. Yes, there wouldn't be any ROI for years, and yes, the first several products on the platform would probably be better off on something more traditional.

But the long term value could potentially be astronomical.

Just another case of quarterly-report-driven decision making, I suppose. Sigh.

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twelvedogs ◴[29 Aug 25 21:20 UTC] No.45069523[source]▶
How would that be better than just grabbing a bsd and starting with that, PlayStation and Apple did it and actually ended up with functional products
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1. throwway120385 ◴[29 Aug 25 21:46 UTC] No.45069783[source]▶
Hell, if you're Meta you could just by QNX from RIM.
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2. emmelaich ◴[30 Aug 25 00:41 UTC] No.45070937[source]▶
I wonder how well that would play out. Surely you'd only do if you got a perpetual license or bought it outright. I can imagine RIM would fuck you over eventually with with any other arrangement.

(Actually I just realised you meant "buy")