Carmack will now work full-time out of Oculus VR's new Dallas office as the company's chief technology officer.

#147;The dream of VR has been simmering in the background for decades, but now, the people and technologies are finally aligning to allow it to reach the potential we imagined,#147; said Carmack in a public statement.

#147;I#147;m extremely excited to make a mark in what I truly believe will be a transformative technology."

The development kit for the Oculus Rift VR headset began shipping in March 2013. No date for a consumer version of the technology has currently been made available.

Carmack was one of the co-founders of id Software in 1991, and has served as technical director at the Doom and Quake developer for over 20 years. The studio was independent until 2009, when it was acquired by Bethesda parent company ZeniMax Media.

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