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Oculus' Carmack, Abrash, Luckey, and Binstock debate the future of VR

Oculus' biggest visionaries recently gathered to discuss -- and debate, since they don't always agree -- the future of the technology. Here's the record of their discussion.

Christian Nutt, Contributor

October 6, 2014

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Last month, Oculus VR hosted its inaugural Oculus Connect developer event in Hollywood, and all of the company's biggest names were there -- and gathered together for a discussion of the future of the nascent medium. The video embedded above is a roundtable discussion between CTO John Carmack, chief scientist Michael Abrash, chief architect Atman Binstock, and co-founder Palmer Luckey -- moderated by co-founder Nate Mitchell. The wide-ranging conversation gives a peek into what Oculus' top minds think -- and don't think -- will be the future of virtual reality. It's not the only video from the event Oculus as posted; John Carmack's improvised 90-minute keynote speech is also available to watch at any time. Abrash's keynote -- which received rapturous applause from attendees -- explores the implications of the coming revolution in VR technology that Abrash expects. Gamasutra was live on the scene at Oculus Connect and prepared a number of reports on the event, which you can read here. While there, we also had a chance to speak to Oculus VP of mobile Max Cohen about the company's expectations for Gear VR.

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