It sounds like EA wasn't the only one hanging out with Steve Jobs today. id co-founder John Carmack showed off the company's new game engine, codenamed id Tech 5, during today's Worldwide Developers Conference 2007.

Carmack showed the audience a canyon fly-through that bore a close resemblance to something seen in Motorstorm. The developer said that they id will be showing off some of their good at this year's E3 on the PC, PS3, Xbox 360 and, yes, evn the Mac. He also said that another Mac announcement was coming at E3. It's gotta be a new multiplatform game. Brian Crecente

Live blogging Jobs [Gizmodo]

UPDATE Id just sent over the official release. Hit the jump to read it.

id Software Debuts id Tech 5
Groundbreaking New Videogame Engine Previewed on a Mac

WWDC, San Francisco, June 11, 2007 - Today, id Software unveiled their never-before-seen next-generation game engine technology, id Tech 5™, running on a Mac at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference. This revolutionary new technology will power the studio's internally created new game property and will be available for licensing to third parties. Previous iterations of id technology have powered games with worldwide retail sales totaling more than $1 billion, cementing id's status as the premier technology provider for the industry.

id Software's co-founder and technical director, John Carmack, demonstrated id Tech 5 during the keynote address and commented, "Since many developers at id have made the switch to the Mac for their personal use, we decided it was now time to bring our core game technology to OS X. After a rapid bring up of the codebase, we were delighted to find that the latest Macs are the fastest systems in our offices for some of the time consuming processing jobs and will be contributing to our development process in many useful ways."

The new id rendering technology practically eliminates the texture memory constraints typically placed on artists and designers and allows for the unique customization of the entire game world at the pixel level, delivering virtually unlimited visual fidelity. Combined with a powerful new suite of tools designed specifically to facilitate and accelerate the content creation process, id Tech 5 will power games that contain vast outdoor landscapes that are completely unique to the horizon, yet have indoor environments with unprecedented artistic detail.

While shown for the very first time running in real time on a Mac, id Tech 5 additionally supports the Xbox 360 and Playstation3 console platforms as well as the PC, and will be available for licensing to developers and publishers interested in working with a truly next-generation rendering and game development solution. id Software will be showing id Tech 5 to interested developers and publishers by appointment only at the E3 Media & Business Summit from July 11 - 13, 2007 in Santa Monica, Calif. Companies interested in id Tech licensing information can visit www.idsoftware.com or email licensing@idsoftware.com with an E3 appointment request.

Contact information for this author is not available.