Eric David, Author at SiliconANGLE

Oculus founder Palmer Luckey admits he “handled the messaging poorly” regarding Rift price

By Eric David Jan 7, 2016

Pre-orders for the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset went live yesterday, and after months or even years of speculation, we finally learned that the actual price for the device would be $599. The price…

Psychonauts 2 hits its $3.3M funding goal on Fig with less than a week remaining

By Eric David Jan 6, 2016

The long awaited sequel to the cult classic platformer Psychonauts has reached its $3.3 million crowdfunding funding goal on Fig with only five days remaining in its campaign. The campaign was first announced by developer…

Creators of brain-game ‘Lumosity’ hit with $2M fine for over-promising health benefits

By Eric David Jan 6, 2016

Lumos Labs Inc has been forced to accept a $2 million settlement by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) after it made some lofty (and unsupported) claims about the mental health benefits from playing its “brain training”…

Oculus Rift pre-orders are live at a $599 price point

By Eric David Jan 6, 2016

No one ever expected high-end virtual reality to come cheap, and Oculus VR has certainly proven that fact today by finally revealing that the price point for Oculus Rift will be $599. While that does…

Valve reaffirms lifetime bans for ‘Counter-Strike: Global Offensive’ match fixers

By Eric David Jan 6, 2016

It has been nearly a year since Valve Corp made the decision to permanently ban players who had been involved with rigging professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) tournaments, and this week Valve reaffirmed that stance,…

SuperData expects VR industry to hit $5.1B in 2016, but it won’t be Rift or Vive leading the charge

By Eric David Jan 5, 2016

While the claim that 2016 will be the year of virtual reality is still debatable, there is no denying that the technology is generating a lot of interest from both consumers and industry professionals, and now…

Guillermo Del Toro to present Hall of Fame award to Hideo Kojima at DICE 2016

By Eric David Jan 5, 2016

One of the most heartbreaking consequences of the bizarre fallout between Konami Corp and Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima was the abrupt cancellation of the Silent Hills game he had been working on with famed horror…

HTC Vive adds a front-facing camera so you never have to take it off

By Eric David Jan 5, 2016

In December, HTC Corp. and Valve Corp. made a surprise announcement that they would be delaying the release of the HTC Vive VR headset by several months due to “a very, very big technological…

Veteran RPG dev Chris Avellone on the resurgence of old school PC games

By Eric David Jan 4, 2016

For all of the gamers who complain about the lack of originality in modern video games, there are just as many who clamor for sequels, remakes, and reboots for series they enjoyed many years…

AMD unveils new ‘Polaris’ graphics architecture for its next-gen GPUs

By Eric David Jan 4, 2016

This week at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Advanced Micro Systems Inc (AMD) is unveiling the new Polaris GCN architecture, which it promises will be able to match the performance capabilities…

Eric David

Oculus founder Palmer Luckey admits he “handled the messaging poorly” regarding Rift price

Psychonauts 2 hits its $3.3M funding goal on Fig with less than a week remaining

Creators of brain-game ‘Lumosity’ hit with $2M fine for over-promising health benefits

Oculus Rift pre-orders are live at a $599 price point

Valve reaffirms lifetime bans for ‘Counter-Strike: Global Offensive’ match fixers

SuperData expects VR industry to hit $5.1B in 2016, but it won’t be Rift or Vive leading the charge

Guillermo Del Toro to present Hall of Fame award to Hideo Kojima at DICE 2016

HTC Vive adds a front-facing camera so you never have to take it off

Veteran RPG dev Chris Avellone on the resurgence of old school PC games

AMD unveils new ‘Polaris’ graphics architecture for its next-gen GPUs

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