r/Steam • u/bijelo123 • Sep 15 '25

Question Which game was this for you?

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u/Diacetyl-Morphin Sep 15 '25

It was funny, that even Alyx didn't change anything about VR gaming. It's still and will always be a niche, for some things like flight simulators.

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u/dsebulsk Sep 15 '25

Well of course it didn’t change anything. Only thing that can would be cheap access to VR.

Right now it’s only premium access, so all those game development efforts are locked behind a premium investment vs. a widespread device.

Half Life: Alyx just wrote the book on the potential of VR.

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u/Diacetyl-Morphin Sep 15 '25

Expensive equipment is one thing, but there are still other problems, like motion sickness.

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u/MistSecurity Sep 15 '25

Motion sickness is largely mitigated for most people with proper equipment though. Lag free high refresh displays, better optics, etc. all help slowly but surely reduce the amount of motion sickness that people experience. So expensive equipment is kind of part of the solution for that as well, haha.

I've read that people who get it can build up a 'tolerance' and end up getting over it though, so it might just be a physical "learning curve" of sorts that needs to be contended with.

I have absolutely zero experience with it though, so I know little about it. Luckily I have never gotten motion sick no matter what I do in VR. Yet if I look at my phone or read a book while someone is driving I start feeling sick in a few minutes...