Half Life Alyx: new official VR title in the series

[StuartGT]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1197578067327119360

Source: https://twitter.com/valvesoftware/status/1197578067327119360

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1197578955944890369

Source: https://twitter.com/valvesoftware/status/1197578955944890369

 

[VR StarLightPL]

while i love VR i think it's way better suited to simulators and space games, and this is a FPS

Onward, Pavlov, Contractors and Wardust would like to have a word with you ;-) Just today my friend said something along the lines of "VR has ruined pancake FPS games for me". While I don't share his extremist opinion ;-) I am pretty sure FPSes work pretty well with VR, especially that according to Valve, pretty much all locomotion/play modes are covered in HL:Alyx. Sitting, standing, roomscale, teleport, shift, free locomotion, finger tracking or trigger based... really a game for all VR platforms.

 

[StuartGT]

Eurogamer: Valve explains why Half-Life: Alyx is a VR exclusive "VR was like the way the gravity gun helped us in Half-Life 2".

Valve explains why Half-Life: Alyx is a VR exclusive

It might have taken its sweet time, but a new instalment in Valve's legendary Half-Life series is finally, officially, …

www.eurogamer.net

 

[StuartGT]

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4aYdSlATsg

 

[EUS]

As an aside, the thing I wish these VR systems would have are actual gloves, not controllers.

 

[StuartGT]

Oculus are working on getting gloveless hand tracking working on the Quest

 

[StuartGT]

Here's their presentation on the tech:

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wK4wCFpzSvU

 

[StuartGT]

An interesting listen, talking about Half Life Alyx and other unnamed upcoming games:

Source: https://youtu.be/6hxMlEbp_8A