Carter was awarded an honorary Doctorate from Linkoping University in Sweden for his work in astrovisualization and has worked at NASA Ames Research Center and the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). He contributed to the development of the interactive software, Uniview, now being developed by the Swedish software company SCISS AB to support Uniview as a product for planetariums, globally. Carter has presented this technology at The White House and at the TED 2010 Conference.