VR pioneer resigns from Meta in a blow to his metaverse efforts

A prominent video game creator who helped lead Facebook’s expansion into virtual reality has resigned from the social networking service’s corporate parent after becoming disillusioned with the way the technology is managed.

John carmack cut ties with Meta Platforms, a holding company created last year by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerbergin a letter Friday venting his frustration as he was steeped in virtual reality as an executive consultant.

“There is no way to sugar coat this; I think our organization is operating at half the effectiveness that would make me happy.” carmack he wrote in the letter, which he shared on Facebook. “Some may scoff and say we’re doing it right, but others will laugh and say, ‘Half? Say oh! I’m in fourth…