Thanks to Reddit user hagg87 for this tip! Troubleshooting
Click close and wait for Half-Life 2 to update to the beta version.From the dropdown menu, select ‘beta – Beta updates’. In the Library, right-click on Half-Life 2 and select ‘Properties.’.
Install Half-Life 2 as usual if it isn’t already.
How to Enable Half-Life 2 for Oculus Rift DK2Īfter following the above steps to make sure you’ve got SteamVR working correctly, you might want to jump into Half-Life 2 with the DK2. In the Steam menu, select View > Virtual Reality Mode (BETA)
SteamVR supports Windows, Mac, and Linux (no positional tracking on the latter yet). 'STRIDE' Studio Announces Sci-Fi Roguelite 'OUTLIER', Coming to SteamVR in March How to Enable SteamVR for Oculus Rift DK2 Excuse me… I’ll be back in about an hour. If you own Half-Life 2 and the DK2, there’s pretty much no reason to not drop what you are doing right now and get your head into that world. Half-Life 2’s virtual reality implementation relies on SteamVR, and now that the package has been updated, it too works with the Oculus Rift DK2. This brings support for the Oculus Rift DK2 for the first time and also enables positional tracking, the much lauded feature that provides a more immersive and comfortable virtual reality experience. Today Valve has updated SteamVR to work with the latest Oculus SDK 0.4.1.
See Also: Valve’s SteamVR, Now with Support for Mac and Linux, Is the Best VR Web Browser Yet for the 2D Web In January, 2014, Valve released a beta version of SteamVR, a mode for the company’s massively popular Steam game distribution client that allows it to be viewed in a virtual reality version of ‘Big Picture Mode’. Half-Life 2 (2004), arguably one of the greatest games ever made, was also updated with Oculus Rift support early on, way back in May, 2013. Their popular shooter Team Fortress 2 (2007) was one of the first existing games to be updated with Oculus Rift support. Valve has been an early supporter of Oculus VR and virtual reality. Here’s a detailed guide to get it working. The update enables Oculus Rift DK2 support for Half-Life 2 and the Steam Big Picture mode.
Today Valve has released an update for SteamVR, the virtual reality mode for the popular game distribution service.