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Eric David

Eric David is a staff writer for SiliconANGLE, covering the latest trends in social media and gaming. He is an avid gamer and enjoys writing about innovations in the video game industry and gaming culture in general. Eric graduated from the University of Texas at Dallas, receiving major honors for his thesis "A Culture of Heresy: Explaining the Resiliency of Catharism and the Church's Response," which is every bit as exciting as it sounds. Eric lives in Dallas, Texas with his wife, dog and gaming PC.

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Twitch’s “Stream First” program builds games with livestreaming in mind

NEWS By ERIC DAVID10 YEARS AGO

Twitch has announced the launch of Stream First, a program aimed at guiding developers through the process of building games with the livestreaming experience in mind, both for broadcasters and for viewers. On the Stream First website, Twitch explains that the program’s purpose is to create games “designed …

Google’s AlphaGo AI wins astounding 4-1 victory against Lee Sedol

NEWS By ERIC DAVID10 YEARS AGO

Google has accomplished what many artificial intelligence researchers had thought was still years or even decades away, as AlphaGo, an AI developed by Google’s DeepMind project, has successfully defeated legendary Go player Lee Sedol. “I’m kind of speechless,” DeepMind founder Demis Hassabis said in a …

Twitch kicks off new Food category with Julia Child marathon

NEWS By ERIC DAVID10 YEARS AGO

When Twitch launched its Creative livestreaming category by airing a week-long marathon of The Joy of Painting, the livestreaming platform likely had no idea how incredibly successful it would be, but now Twitch looks like it is trying to recapture that magic …

Microsoft opens up Xbox multiplayer to support PC and other consoles

NEWS By ERIC DAVID10 YEARS AGO

Multiplayer on console game systems has almost always been a walled garden throughout the history of gaming, but now Microsoft has extended an invitation to developers to allow cross-platform play with Xbox One. “In addition to natively supporting cross-platform play between Xbox One and …

Microsoft’s Project AIX trains AI to play Minecraft

NEWS By ERIC DAVID10 YEARS AGO

Perhaps taking a cue from Google’s AlphaGo, Microsoft has launched a new project that will train new artificial intelligence programs by having them play Minecraft. According to Microsoft, the project challenges AI with the seemingly simple in-game task of climbing a hill while avoiding …

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