Road to VR
MAY 11, 2017
A reborn mod project is bringing compatibility for the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive with full motion input support, remastered visuals, a made-for-VR UI, realistic weapon interactions, and more. Here’s some gameplay from the original mod played on the Rift DK1. ” Sadly, it wouldn’t last.
Road to VR
MAY 15, 2017
Half-Life 2: VR , a revamped version of an older mod which will adapt the beloved Half-Life 2 for the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift, has been green-lit, signifying Valve’s official acceptance of the mod for distribution on Steam. Here’s some gameplay from the original mod played on the Rift DK1.
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Road to VR
OCTOBER 16, 2018
The company built the technology behind the magnetically tracked Razer Hydra controller which was one of the only consumer-available 6DOF controllers available when the first Oculus Rift development kit (DK1) started shipping. Image courtesy Oculus. Sixense was once a name central to the early VR community.
Road to VR
NOVEMBER 17, 2016
The company was among just five or so companies exhibiting anything related to VR back at GDC 2013 (the first year Oculus attended the show). The effect is unique and impressively convincing for certain interactions, and in many cases feels more authentic than mere rumble. Now the company has announced that they’ve raised $2.2
Road to VR
JANUARY 28, 2019
Cloudhead Games have been at the forefront of VR development ever since the studio brought a 2013-era prototype of The Gallery: Call of the Starseed (2016) to the Oculus Rift DK1 and Razer Hydra motion controllers. tracking basestations. While it’s impossible to say exactly what it is, we can tell you what it isn’t.
UploadVR Between Realities podcast
JUNE 30, 2017
We know that now with the Oculus Touch and the HTC Vive, but even when VR was simply a screen strapped to your head many felt that hands were the future. We began to develop The Gallery on the first Oculus devkit with the Razer Hydra (a Sixense technology) to deliver surrogate hand tracking and body presence back in 2013.
VRScout
SEPTEMBER 18, 2021
Originally released in 2013 on the original Oculus Rift DK1, the HL2VR mod allowed early adopters to play through the entirety of Half-Life 2’s single-player campaign in VR with support for the Razer Hydra motion controllers. The mod will be available on up-to-date Oculus Rift and SteamVR headsets.
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