Oculus Connect 2: Live Coding Session with John Carmack

What it is

John Carmack live-codes a simple VR application at Oculus Connect 2 using a Racket-based environment for rapid development and deployment on Gear VR.

Cited for watching Carmack code fluently and for the fast iteration cycle of Racket-based VR scripting.

“it was fantastic because, first, you were showing to your audience how to work with Racket”
Fantastic casual live coding of a demo from zero in Racket.
pera, 2017-08 · Strong recommendation · in “John Carmack on Functional Programming (2013) [video]”
“Checkout the VR script by John Carmack”
Carmack's VR scripting in Racket.
khrm, 2016-05 · Recommendation · in “Whoever does not understand Lisp is doomed to reinvent it (2007)”
“Having such a fast iteration cycle is very compelling.”
Live coding demo with fast iteration cycle for VR scripting.
staunch, 2019-05 · Recommendation · in “Racket: John Carmack’s VRScript Samples (2015)”

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Topics: john carmack, racket, oculus, gear vr, live coding