The community is moving fast to get a version that does not depend on glasses.
Half-Life: Alyx seems to be truly an excellent game and a great attraction to attract players to Virtual Reality, but a large number of players, including a large part of the fans of the saga, cannot play it due to not having access to some glasses, which is especially frustrating for those who just want to play a new episode in the Gordon Freeman universe and can't afford to invest in hardware right now.
From Valve, with its particular and relaxed philosophy of letting the community do, already anticipated that they hoped that a version of Alyx that did not need glasses would appear sooner or later, so it will not be surprising that the modders have already made significant advances in that field.
DATAMINE TIME !! – Datamining Half-Life Alyxhttps: //t.co/hNc0MEQFvh pic.twitter.com/LbHBV2D9Ys
– Tyler McVicker (@ValveNewsNetwor) March 25, 2020
The base is there
In fact, these first findings in this regard have been shown by the founder of the Valve News Network channel, Tyler McVicker, who was broadcasting a long datamining session live to find secrets and keys at the heart of the game. One of the most striking moments and that caused the most sensation was when you could see how Tyler handled the game with keyboard and mouse thanks to the command line "vr_enable_fake_vr_test", a surely testing tool to play the game without glasses and that would point to that the basis for making the title playable in this way is already there, although from there to making a perfectly functional version there will still be a way.
Obviously, the great feeling of immersion and the impressive interaction that the game allows will never be the same in this way, but it can be a hope for those who are more interested in the history of Alyx and its world than in virtual reality technology. .
