Eric David, Author at SiliconANGLE

Oculus VR acquires 3D mapping startup Surreal Vision

By Eric David May 27, 2015

Facebook Inc.-owned Oculus VR has announced that it has acquired Surreal Vision, a U.K.-based startup that specializes in 3D mapping and image recognition. Surreal Vision says its company works on “bringing super-human visual perception…

Facebook’s EU woes continue as regulators clamp down

By Eric David May 26, 2015

Facebook Inc has become a veteran of the battles fought over online privacy, data security and net neutrality, and it does not look like the social network will be free from scrutiny any time…

The Witcher 3 is the biggest launch of the year in the UK

By Eric David May 26, 2015

It looks like multiple delays were not such a bad idea after all for Polish game studio CD Projekt RED. The studio’s recently released The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, which had been pushed back nearly…

Oculus VR founder faces lawsuit for fraud and breach of contract

By Eric David May 26, 2015

Oculus VR Founder Palmer Luckey is facing a lawsuit from his former employer, Total Recall Technologies, which claims that Luckey unlawfully passed off the work he did for the Hawaii-based company as his own when…

Linux usage on Steam is going down, not up

By Eric David May 25, 2015

Linux fans have been predicting the downfall of Windows and the rise of Linux for a while now, but it looks like Windows is still the king of PC gaming. Even worse for Linux users,…

In honor of Geek Pride Day, what is a geek?

By Eric David May 25, 2015

Long before geek became a fashion statement, it was a subcultural movement that could include everyone from band kids to mathletes and everything in between. The geek label has been applied so liberally lately that it is…

Educational games are more effective when they’re hands-on, study finds

By Eric David May 25, 2015

Using video games as an educational tool is not a new concept, and edutainment titles have been around since at least the days of Oregon Trail and Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? Lately, educational games have…

Interested in getting banned from World of Warcraft? HonorBuddy bots are back

By Eric David May 25, 2015

Despite Blizzard Entertainment’s massive ban of thousands of players earlier this month for using bots to play World of Warcraft for them, the makers of the HonorBuddy have said that they are staying in the automated cheating business and…

Nvidia Gameworks rep fires back at AMD: “[GameWorks] does not impair performance on competing hardware”

By Eric David May 22, 2015

The public battle of words between AMD and Nvidia rages on after the recent accusations that Nvidia intentionally tweaked code tank the performance of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt on AMD cards. Earlier this week,…

Ex-Rovio EVP Jami Laes launches new game studio: Futureplay Games

By Eric David May 22, 2015

Earlier this year, Rovio Entertainment’s head of games, Jami Laes, left the Angry Birds studio to pursue other projects, and now Laes is launching a new mobile game studio in Finland called Futureplay Games. “Mobile games are…

Eric David

Oculus VR acquires 3D mapping startup Surreal Vision

Facebook’s EU woes continue as regulators clamp down

The Witcher 3 is the biggest launch of the year in the UK

Oculus VR founder faces lawsuit for fraud and breach of contract

Linux usage on Steam is going down, not up

In honor of Geek Pride Day, what is a geek?

Educational games are more effective when they’re hands-on, study finds

Interested in getting banned from World of Warcraft? HonorBuddy bots are back

Nvidia Gameworks rep fires back at AMD: “[GameWorks] does not impair performance on competing hardware”

Ex-Rovio EVP Jami Laes launches new game studio: Futureplay Games

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