Eye Games Inc. Appoints Gina Smith as President; Innovative Digital Game Company Will Ship First Webcam PC Games in June.Entertainment Editors/Business Editors SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 18, 2004 Eye Games Inc., a new PC and videogame company, today announced it has tapped Gina Smith as president. Smith is no stranger to the consumer PC marketplace. In 2000, she founded with Oracle chairman Larry Ellison Lawrence Joseph Ellison (born August 17, 1944) is the co-founder and CEO of Oracle Corporation, a major database software company. Early life Ellison was born in New York City to Florence Spellman, a 19-year-old unwed Jewish mother. the New Internet Computer See NIC. Company (NIC (1) (Network Interface Card) See network adapter. See also InterNIC. (2) (New Internet Computer) An earlier Linux-based computer from The New Internet Computer Company (NICC), Palo Alto, CA. ), a hardware company building affordable Internet machines for homes and schools. Before that, she was the computer correspondent for Good Morning America Good Morning America is a weekday morning news show that is broadcast on the ABC television network. The show was adapted from The Morning Exchange, a morning show created by and airing on the ABC affiliate in Cleveland, Ohio, and was launched nationally as , advising millions every week on how to get the most out of their PCs. And she founded Electronic Entertainment magazine (E2), precursor of the wildly successful digital entertainment convention, the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). "It's great to be back in the gaming market, and on such a terrific team," says Smith. "David Warthen David Warthen (born December 10, 1957) was one of the founders of Ask.com, an Internet information retrieval company, in 1996. In 2004, Warthen joined streaming video technology company GlobalStreams, where he served as CTO. , our founder and chairman, has a vision, and I share it." Eye Games Inc., founded by Ask Jeeves cofounder co·found tr.v. co·found·ed, co·found·ing, co·founds To establish or found in concert with another or others. co·found David Warthen, is soon to announce its first product, the Eye Games Playpack. A suite of games that works with a standard PC webcam, the Playpack allows you to project your own image into actual games, and control the games using your hands, legs and other body parts. "Webcam games are the next big wave in PC entertainment," says Warthen. "Just look at the Sony Eye Toy. It's a runaway success. Our technology will bring the same high-action, physical fun to game players on the PC platform." For more information on Eye Games' online release, head to www.eyegames.com. For more information, contact Sylvia Paull at whoisylvia@aol.com. |
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