Virtual reality game
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A virtual reality game is a video game played on virtual reality hardware. Most VR games are based on player immersion, typically through a head-mounted display unit or headset with stereoscopic displ
A player using the Oculus Rift, a virtual reality headset, and associated controllers to control a game
The heads-up viewscreen of Nintendo's Virtual Boy.
A Google Cardboard headset
An Apple Vision Pro headset
Half-Life: Alyx
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Half-Life: Alyx is a 2020 virtual reality first-person shooter game developed and published by Valve. It was released for Windows on March 23, 2020, and for Linux on May 15, with support for most PC-c
Virtual reality game
…games adapted for the VR hardware, and new games designed directly for VR. While VR hardware and games grew modestly for the remainder of the 2010s, Half-Life: Alyx, a full VR game developed by Valve and released in 2020, was considered the killer application for VR games. Research into virtual reality (VR) hardware…
Half Life Alyx Cover Art
Screenshot showing the VR perspective hands and user interface
A U.S. Air Force member using a Valve Index VR headset
The writers Erik Wolpaw (top) and Jay Pinkerton returned to Valve to write Alyx.