I d Software co - founder and CTO John Carmack stepped onto the keynote stage of Apple ’s Worldwide Developer Conference ( WWDC ) with Apple CEO Steve Jobs to show off a Macintosh build of a new game locomotive engine — the engine ’s first public showing , anywhere . More Mac news program would be forthcoming , Carmack promised .

Carmack is i d Software ’s Chief Technology Officer and the programming thinker that bring the world the game engines that have power first person shooter since the inception of the original Quake and Doom series . I d CEO Todd Hollenshead revealed at an effect in May that Carmack was working on a young locomotive , and sound out that it was being uprise for an entirely new biz enfranchisement .

“ I think that when we show it to multitude , once again they ’ll see , just like they saw when we first showedDoom 3 , that John Carmack still has a lot of magic left field , ” Hollenshead said . Hollenshead noted that i d Software hopes to use the new engine across a wide range of applications and different games .

The software system is called “ idTech 5 , ” and Carmack ’s presentation at WWDC marks the first sentence that it ’s actually been unveiled publicly . In a program line postedto its Web site , i d says that idTech 5 “ much eliminates the texture retention constraints ” placed on game designers and artists . With idTech 5 in script , game Creator will be able-bodied to make titles that stop vast outdoor landscapes that are completely alone , while create indoor environments with high levels of artistic item than they ’ve been able to make before .

In some ways , Carmack ’s demonstration mirror the last time he was on stage with Jobs — that clock time at the Macworld Expo Tokyo keynote in 2001 . At that time , Carmack unveil for the first time a development version of the game locomotive engine that was being used to create Doom III , which finally made it to the Macintosh , as well .

As with retiring i d Software plot engine , idTech 5 will be available for permit to third - party developers who want to ground their own secret plan around the new technology . So idTech 5 ’s presence on the Macintosh is an important first footprint in bringing those games to the Mac .

I d will reveal some point at theE3 Media and Business Summit , which happens in July in Santa Monica , Calif. Carmack also told WWDC attendees that more details are expected to come forth atQuakeCon , an annual gathering of i d Software play enthusiasts that happen each yr near Dallas , Texas . This class the event go from August 2 – 5 , 2007 .