[Wowfunhappy]

Wait, so is that "beta" of Half Life 2 VR a thing I can play? If it is, how did I not know about this, and if not... why not?

I'd also love to play Portal, actually. They say it makes you sick, but to my knowledge I'm immune from VR motion sickness, so worth a try...

[Shekelphile]

It was publicly released in 2013 and you can enable it with -vr in args IIRC. Not sure if it would work with modern VR hardware since steamvr wasn't a thing back then.

[account42]

It did work with the Index at some point. Valve have been neglecting VR though (especially on Linux) so I wouldn't bet on it still working.

[RobKohr]

Considering the upcoming release of Frame, a VR headset based on Linux, I feel this couldn't be a more untrue statement.

The real truth is they moved out of the game development space and embraced the game platform space letting their old products wither and die.

[akimbostrawman]

Both can be true considering they are very different projects and hardware. SteamVR on linux even with a steam index has many issues. I am sure however that the linux support of the frame will be much better considering it also releases alongside there own Linux PC.

[Wowfunhappy]

Ah, it predates SteamVR! Thanks, that explains why I didn't know about it.

[aranelsurion]

I don’t know about the beta, but there’s an excellent HL2 VR conversion mod you can play today. It feels just right and got me to play HL2 again after all these years.

[Philpax]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/658920/HalfLife_2_VR_Mod/

[accrual]

Fantastic! If HL3 releases on VR, maybe I'll do HL2 in VR (refresher), then Alyx, then HL3. :)

[phantasmish]

HL3 exclusively in VR is likely the only thing that’d get me to increase my “time spent in VR” from the current about-ten-minutes to about six hours.

[Agentlien]

Interesting that Half-Life: Alyx exclusively in VR wasn't enough, then. I love VR and that game is the best VR experience I've had.

[phantasmish]

It’s something I keep meaning to play. My wife got a decent headset for free through work about three or four years ago, and after we both played a collective 15 minutes of Beat Saber it’s been gathering dust on the top shelf of a closet ever since. We used to play tons of DDR and Wii Sports so we like moving-around games but the thing just didn’t interest either of us, at all.

Alyx just hasn’t been quite enough motivation for me to take on the project of figuring out how to get it hooked up and working, though I did at one point do the few minutes of googling to confirm it might work (I think it’s one of those Facebook ones, and as I recall it is supposed to work for Alyx but I’ll need some cable or other). Especially since it’s a fairly short side-story, it’s just not enough juice to be worth the squeeze.

The conclusion of the series (until it’s not the conclusion any more—yeah, I know how franchises work, lol) though? That’d do it.

If I already had it out and used it regularly I’m sure I’d have played Alyx by now, but with that being the only thing I have any interest in doing with it, just not enough to get me to set the thing up for that alone.

[BoGoToTo]

It's kinda sad, with all the time an money spent on VR, HL:Alyx remains the only truly great VR game.

[zbendefy]

there is also a vr mod for HL1 as well

[davepdotorg]

There’s a great VR mod for Portal 2. Played it all the way through. Surprisingly comfortable to play too.

[patrickdavey]

I'm pretty sure I'd be vomiting everywhere! I'm amazed you found it comfortable!!