Half-Life 2 Already has an Oculus Rift Mod Ready and Waiting and it Looks Awesome

[Shawn Zipay]

- 3 DOF true headtracking (not mouse emulation) + a head/neck model for some basic translation
- Transparent HUD that fades in when relevant information changes (taking damage, reloading etc)
- You can lower your gun ("use" key can toggle it as well as many of the actions like sprinting, picking up items, etc) because constantly having a gun in your face (when you aren't fighting) is an immersion killer... This also hides the crosshairs so there's effectively no HUD
- Removed all head kicks from both user weapons and enemy attacks (like getting hit in the face with a CP baton)
- Full support for custom tracker orientation
- support for gamepad / mouse turning in addition to the tracker yaw
- an installer (**when selecting the installation directory, point it to you "Steam" folder)
- independent 360 degree weapon tracking with a second tracker
- custom sensor fusion for hillcrest (the out of the box one is awful)

So, if you happen to have an Oculus Rift already and you want to re-live Half-Life 2 up through Episode 2, then head on over to this MTBS3D forum thread to start your download. It is still a work in progress, but what was shown off is already looking like it'd be stupidly fun to play.

[nemes1s3000]

This is impressive, but the Battlefield 3 one was incredible. By far the most advanced. It even has its own 360 degree treadmill.

[Thortok2000]

I like the idea of being able to look one way but shoot another, and to have the looking controlled by head movement and the aiming controlled by the pointing of a device.

Can't wait until this becomes mainstream!

[jimykx]

What is he using as a weapon tracker? something from the wii?

Edit: Ah, he's using the ""top shot elite" that is effectively a wireless xbox 360 controller," So I guess he is also using kinect?

This is impressive, but the Battlefield 3 one was incredible. By far the most advanced. It even has its own 360 degree treadmill.

Are you talking about the Immersion one? Well but that one did not use the oculus rift, it used projectors, required a massive room and was done by a big team. I like this one the most