HTC says it is 'cooperating with Half-Life' for its VR headset

Half-Life 3 confirmed?! HTC chairwoman says the company is "cooperating with Half-Life" but wouldn't elaborate.

@anthony256

Published Mar 2, 2015 8:48 PM CST
Updated Nov 3, 2020 12:09 PM CST

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HTC's chairwoman, Cher Wang, has the Internet in a frenzy right now by teasing that the company is working with Valve on something to do in the Half-Life franchise.

HTC says it is 'cooperating with Half-Life' for its VR headset | TweakTown.com

Wang said that HTC was "cooperating with Half-Life" but didn't elaborate on whether this was Half-Life 3, or another Half-Life game set in the VR world for its just-announced Vive headset that it partnered up with Valve on. Valve's own employees were reportedly "surprised by Ms Wang's comments as they were not working on a Half-Life game for the new helmet at the moment" reports the BBC.

I've said in various OpEd's that for VR to go mainstream the software is the most important part, and that a "killer app" is required. I've even said that Half-Life 3 would be that killer app, but are we really on the Eve of the announcement of Half-Life 3? Someone pinch me.

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