There are many very excited Valve fans looking forward to the release ofHalf-Life: Alyx. Virtual Reality won’t stop these fans, who have been waiting over a decade for the next majorHalf-Lifegame. Some are struggling with their excess energy, and are finding interesting ways to express their excitement forHalf-Life: Alyxleading up to the game’s launch on March 23. One excellent example is a Youtuber who climbed to the top ofHalf-Life: Alyx’s Citadel.
Youtuber 3kliksphilip took on the extraordinary task for himself. He discovered a unique trick in the OpenVR SDK that allows him to move forward in virtual reality spaces. Double tapping the “Home” button on either controller allows the user to pull themselves forward. It’s a bit of a physical effort, but it works great for exploring static VR environments. Coincidentally, Valve recently released a static VR space featuringHalf-Life: Alyx’s Citadel, designed forSteam VR’s home space.
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The space provided by Steam places the VR user in a small town area with the Citadel relatively far in the distance, where it’s not meant to be explored, simply intended to immerse the VR user in an environment from the game. Using theOpenVRfeature that allows him to pull his way through the environment.
It’s unclear whether 3klikphilip decided to climb to the top of theCitadelas he was exploring the environment or before he even started. Regardless, that’s exactly what he did, pulling himself along the way one hand over another.
It’s unclear exactly how long it took 3klikphilip to reach the “top” of the tower, as the video skips around quite a bit. It’s obvious that it took a very long time, however. It’s impressive that theYoutuberdedicated themself to the effort. After all, it’s not intended to be explored this way, so the world fades away as 3klikphilip gets closer to the goal. There’s no reward at the end, and no secrets. It’s just a good feeling of setting a goal and seeing it complete.
As should be abundantly clear,Half-Lifehas some very dedicated fans that have been waiting a very long time for moreHalf-Lifecontent. It’s to a point where someone will take a cool environmental scene and explore it beyond rationality. Some might viewHalf-Life: Alyx’s shift to virtual realityas needlessly exclusive, but others are clearly very excited about the possibilities it will make available to them. With just a single scene,Half-Lifefans are more immersed in the experience than ever.
Half-Life: Alyxreleases March 23 on PC.
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