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Video game pioneer John Carmack is stepping down from his consulting position at Meta with mixed feelings about “the end of the decade in VR,” he announced in a Facebook post on Friday.

Carmack dived into virtual reality technology with his company’s more than $10 billion investment. And although he still believes in the potential benefits of VR, he questions Meta’s efficiency, saying in the post that the company has “awesome people and resources, but we are self-destructive and wasteful.”

“It was a struggle for me,” Carmack wrote. “I have a high-level voice here, so I feel like I can move things, but I’m not convincing enough.”

Carmack is credited with developing Wolfenstein 3D, Quake and Doom, and developing software for the video game company ID. He was an early advocate of virtual reality, thinking meta-criticism was unusual for him.

Carmack in 2010 Cormack said he had “complaints” about the software but said it was a “good product” and stood by the headset.

“Successful products make the world a better place,” Cormack said. “Everything could have been a little faster and better if different decisions had been made, but we built something close to the real thing.”

Carmack still believes Meta is the best company to integrate VR technology into the mainstream. CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced in October 2021 that the company would move beyond social media into building something called the Metaverse — but at a huge cost.

“I think my influence on the sidelines has been positive, but it’s never been the main driver,” Carmack said.

When asked for comment, Meta pointed to Carmack’s post and a tweet from CTO Andrew Bosworth.

“The impact you have had on our work and the industry as a whole cannot be overestimated,” Bosworth said. He tweeted.. “Your technical prowess is widely recognized, but what we remember most is your relentless focus on creating value for people. Thank you and see you in VR.”

Meta recently announced 11,000 layoffs, the biggest layoff in the tech giant’s history amid fears of inflation, interest rates and recession. Meta lost $9.4 billion on its Meta opposite efforts in the first nine months of 2022 and expects the segment’s losses to “grow significantly year-over-year” in 2023.

– CNN’s Clare Duffy and Rachel Metz contributed to this report.

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