MANUFACTURER OCULUS VR
You could play a crude VR version of Half-Life 2 on the Oculus Developer’s Kit 1. It was grainy, it was disorienting, and it made some feel sick. But the Combine soldiers were actually humansized, the vertical drops made stomachs lurch, and the headcrabs leaping at your face were terrifying.
In 2013, it felt like virtual reality would take over the world. Physical and economic limitations have prevented a VR revolution, but the tech is nonetheless a well-established part of PC gaming today. If nothing else, VR brought us a whole new Half-Life game, Half-Life: Alyx, every bit as brilliant as the first two.