Keynote by John Carmack at Oculus Connect 2014
Why Hacker News recommends it
Cited as an example of Carmack's fluent long-form speaking and as an informative talk on VR.
What it is
John Carmack's roughly 90-minute keynote at Oculus Connect 2014, covering mobile VR and the Gear VR work, followed by audience questions.
Recommended by 1 HN commenters across 1 different months, 2014 to 2016.
What Hacker News said
Strong rec fossuser · 2015-01 · on “Gear VR: Today’s best virtual reality”
Here you go: [this video] I thought it was a really interesting talk - he's a great speaker. Can really tell how well he knows what he's talking about, lots of information really clearly described and easy to follow.
Cites shurcooL · 2014-09 · on “Oculus Connect 2014”
Is it recorded anywhere? I'd love to watch it. Edit: I found it at [this video] . And the original source points to [LINK] .
Cites iamshs · 2014-09 · on “Keynote by John Carmack at Oculus Connect 2014 [video]”
Absolutely agreed on the mental processing speed and acute awareness of smaller details. Look at this point in the video:- [this video] He has just opened the floor for questions, and the questioner does not have a microphone and hence audience cannot hear the question. John starts answering the question, but immediately recognizes the situation and then repeats the question for his audience.
Cites masklinn · 2016-04 · on “John Carmack's BAFTA Introduction, Speech and Interview [video]”
For something like a decade (2004~2005 until 2013), Carmack gave a fluent hours-long speech/discussion/brain-dump at QuakeCon. I doubt a few minutes's speech is something he needs "plenty of time to prepare and rehearse" for at this point. Recent examples: 2h50 2013 QuakeCon keynote [LINK] 2h20 2014 SMU talk [LINK] 1h30 2014 Oculus Connect keynote [this video]