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Half-Life: Alyx Announced
- Thread starter Nzyme32
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I want there to be a stream or something but it's probably just going to be a press release or something :(
I agree. Just outlining that if someone wants a lower cost Index headset, the Vive is pretty much it. Other options are camera based gear, of which there is plenty to choose from.
There's nothing wrong with getting used hardware, at least for the base stations and controllers. My controllers and base stations are launch 2016 models I bought from an era user, but I currently use a 2017 revision HMD I bought separately off ebay. HTC sells certified refurb kits that remove that level of uncertainty, and there's a ton of accesories that are compatible with the 2016 VR headsets.
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At launch, yes, because neither the ps4 or xbox one are going to be able to run something like this.
Eventually maybe. The ps5 will have the power to run it, but not the controls as sony was moronic and didn't put an analog stick on the move controllers (Something I complained about when they wanted me to get navigation controllers back in the day)
as for the next xbox it will obviously have the power to run it, the question will be if it will have a VR headset that is supported on it. It wouldn't surprise me at all if part of the reason microsoft opened up to putting stuff like Halo on steam was because they wanted stuff like this to eventually be on the next xbox.
If it were a stream I feel like they would have posted the link by now.
So people could pull up a page telling them to return later? It'll probably just be like any other Valve trailer/info dump/store page reveal they've had for their recent games and products.
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I have it, it's great. I'm sure you'll love it and a bunch of other content on SteamVR / Oculus (via Revive) also to put your mind at ease:
They added a complimentary app to the Index full kit package, which is some sort of app (likely game). It would apply to any account that bought Index full kit - past and present.
Yes. It gets people excited. People will sit and chat overnight waiting for it to start.
Between Boneworks, The Lab, Echo Combat etc. I'm wondering HOW innovative HLA will be. I'm guessing it will come more down to execution of existing VR design ideas and aggregating plenty of them into one product. I expect it to take full use of the Valve Index controllers in terms of grab and drop (hence 'Grabbity Gloves'), maybe even climbing, but I'm not expecting a new take on traversal that we haven't seen before or the like. I expect excellent physics and beloved Half-life wit and atmosphere and high production values.
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FYI - on SteamDB we can see a complimentary sub 134870 has been added for past and future owners of:
- Valve Index VR Kit
- Valve Index Headset + Controllers
- Valve Index Headset
- Valve Index Controllers
do you find it alleviates some feeling of motion sickness with the response and refresh rate?
Hopefully that's true. I would have happily paid for it but being given it for owning the hardware would be great.
Agreed. I expect it will be an extremely polished, well designed game with some new ideas and gameplay that could only be done in VR executed at a AAA level. I expect every object that looks like it can be interacted with will be interactable. I expect just about anything that seems possible to do will be possible (eg. everything flammable should be flammable). I don't expect any crazy new innovations like the one VR locomotion that will replace all VR locomotion methods. But who knows? Maybe they'll surprise us! Brain Interface incoming!
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120hz certainly helps me to an extent. It feels great if you happen to be making quick movements or are looking at quickly moving objects.
However I've only recently started playing games using full analogue stick locomotion, with snap turns (though I usually am turning by facing / looking where I want to go). Most people will find the first time this is uncomfortable, though it varies from person to person, and can cause motion sickness if you are not acclimated to it. I already feel a lot better with it after starting with slower movements and gradually increasing.
Framerate has helped some folks to a point with this, but the issue is one related to vesitbular and somatosensory mismatch of your body's proprioception and what you are seeing in the headset. You can definitely get acclimated to it though. I've been messing with Arizona Sunshine and Talos Principle VR, which has helped quite a bit
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will still happily buy it though since i have a CV1
Highly unlikely but how crazy would it be if the hardware we're speculating about is something that mitigates the vestibular disconnect? Probably not, but that would be cool.
Very good catch! This is very likely HL:A - looks like it has been in development with an actual steam appid since 2016 based on the history. Hard to know how much dev went on before the appid was coined but this is definitely not some recent small app.
Zero chance of requiring Index controllers. Valve has specifically created tools to make interoperability between all controllers easy for game devs. You may lose some features that Oculus doesn't support but it will definitely work.
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1% chance.
This is a flagship product for SteamVR. It would make no sense, contradict everything they've said, and break interoperability if they somehow didn't let the game work with all SteamVR compatible hardware.
The game is near certainly designed alongside Index and will take advantage of that hardware, but they can have workarounds in the game to mitigate and ensure compatibility with all other hardware
Well, we all know that's a project Valve has toyed with, but that feels like the kind of thing that has to go through tons of testing before it's allowed to screw around with people's inner ear.
i'd say 0.0001%. index players are a niche of a niche. they'll support all the big pc vr options, but theyll have cool index only features.
I started to get acclimated to the CV1 but every time i would spend time away from it, motion sickness would come back again. Hopefully this headset will make it at least a bit more tolerable.
It will be an interview, apparently 21 minutes long or so? With Geoff Keighley. It's unknown if a trailer will drop alongside or be part of the video.
They are likely saving the bigger guns for the Game Awards.
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you will be fine if you have a rift, vive, index or one of the many WMR
https://widmovr.com/product/valve-index-prescription-lens-adapters/
Hey guys, do these work and are they good? Are there better/cheaper versions anywhere? Just wondering what the market is like for these because I could really use them.
Hey guys, do these work and are they good? Are there better/cheaper versions anywhere? Just wondering what the market is like for these because I could really use them.
Where did this interview info come from? I know there was a potential leaked transcript, but I just assumed that would be at the Game Awards if true.
In the leaked transcript they specifically say we'll see more at The Game Awards so it should drop before then, and rumors were it would be when the reveal would happen (this was before the official announcement).
I'm kinda not feeling like the Final Hours interview is gonna drop tomorrow. I'm gonna stop expecting anything now.
Neat. I thought I read somewhere the HTC Vive pro was the top of the line.
I have the Index lenses from VR Optician, with them on you can't turn the FOV knob to 100%, can only go around 80-90%. The lenses work fine for the most part, unfortunately my last eye test didn't really get an accurate read on my left eye so I may need to re-order in a year or so.
If VR only it'll be an easy pass. Prequel or side quest material? Even more boring.
I say this as someone with hundreds of hours in Orange Box time, with a Steam profile made in its first year.
I say this as someone with hundreds of hours in Orange Box time, with a Steam profile made in its first year.
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There isn't a precedent for Valve doing this before but, bear with me, what if we get a playable demo to tide us over prior to release? I know I know, highly unlikely, demos cost too much, distract from resources otherwise used to finish the main game, yadda yadda, but I can still dream dammit.
Even something as simple as a DOG type arena like in HL2 that has you playing fetch using the Grabbity Gloves would be enough for me.
A little over 12 hours to go!
Even something as simple as a DOG type arena like in HL2 that has you playing fetch using the Grabbity Gloves would be enough for me.
A little over 12 hours to go!
personally im ok with no demo but a demo would be hype af.
if anything we will have Boneworks to give us something to play in between (comes out the 10th for those that dont know)
Not into VR myself, but I wouldn't write off a new Half Life this easily. Valve wouldn't be doing this unless it'd be top quality, game is going to be a big deal I bet.
Hell no lol, the Vive Pro was kinda a big miss on HTC's part.
Index is the best VR system, Quest is the most bang for your buck system.
Yeah I'm counting the days for Boneworks, hoping to find a good deal on a new gpu during Black Friday/Cyber Monday because I'm pretty sure my 970 ain't gonna cut it for that one (or HL: Alyx for that matter).