Half-Life: Alyx, VR’s first — and hopefully not last — killer app, turns 5

New Half-Life games make me do stupid things. When Half-Life 2 came out on PC, I trekked to GameStop to trade in my Xbox, ...
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Ex-Oculus CTO: ‘Beat Saber was much more important to VR’s growth than Half-Life: Alyx’

John Carmack, former CTO of Oculus and legendary programmer, isn’t shy when it comes to voicing his opinions on all things XR. To Carmack, Meta’s block-slashing rhythm game Beat Saber (2018) was “far ...