By Darren Allan
Half-Life 2: VR, a mod which takes the classic shooter and gives it a virtual reality makeover supporting both HTC Vive along with the Oculus Rift – along with their motion controllers – has been green-lit on Steam.
The mod was approved in just four days, following a huge number of ‘yes’ votes from gamers on Steam; in fact it notched up almost 16,000 supporters, with an overwhelming 95% of those voting saying yes.
That’s an impressive groundswell of support in a very short time, which shows just how keen people are to relive Half-Life 2 in full virtual reality. And that makes it all the more surprising that it has taken a modding team to realize this project rather than Valve itself, given how the latter is busy enthusing about the importance of virtual reality and making a trio of full-on VR games.
At any rate, having been green-lit, Valve is now working with the developers to get Half-Life 2: VR ready to be pushed out on the Steam platform. The mod will be a free download, but to run it you’ll need to have purchased Half-Life 2, along with Half-Life 2: Episode One and Episode Two …read more
Source:: techradar.com – Gaming