Back in 2014, we informed you about a mod for Alien: Isolation that re-enabled Oculus Rift Support. Since then, modder ‘Nibre’ has been working on this mod – obviously not on a daily basis – and released yesterday a new version that adds proper motion controller support. As such, Alien Isolation can now be fully played in VR – on both the Oculus Rift and Vive headsets – and appears to be one of the most immersive and amazing VR games to date.
Now I seriously don’t understand why SEGA and Creative Assembly have dropped the ball on the game’s VR support. The potential for an incredible VR experience in Alien Isolation was huge and thank God we’ve got modders who can allow us to experience the game this way.
Thanks to this newly introduced motion controller support, players can actually hold the tracker and guns in their hands and aim like in real life. Now this sounds amazing and is how a proper VR game should be playing (instead of using a controller or a K&M like with the older versions of this mod).
As Nibre said:
“You can now play the game using just the Oculus Touch or Vive Controllers! The UI even updates to reflect the VR input mappings, allowing you to switch between whichever input device you want on the fly. For actions that aren’t commonly shown on screen, you can see what they’re mapped to for your platform at Options ->MotherVR->Input->View Controls. Because of the lack of distinct tactile buttons on the Vive, for the Flashlight I’ve instead added a gesture that can action it–just hold your right hand near your head, and press Interact. It’s pretty immersive, because you feel like your physically handling the Flashlight strapped on your head. This works on all platforms, but is required for the Vive (along with any other ‘Y’ mapped actions).”
The VR mod for Alien Isolation is called MotherVR and you can download its latest version from here.
Have fun everyone!
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That game was good let alone VR. Now imagine proper VR with the atmosphere ? Holy shyte this must be good.
Can’t wait for a sequel!
This should come with an adult diaper. I’ve had VR experiences that my brain screamed “NOPE! EJECT! ABORT!” and I had to remove the headset to preserve my immediate sanity. Too immersive.
Although there are infinite possibilities. I’d love a Friday the 13th VR experience where you have to hide from Jason, utilizing armswing locomotion to run; a Nightmare on Elm Street experience that mixes between the “real world” and dream worlds where you try to defeat Freddy Krueger, stuff like that.
I really hope companies that own movie-related IPs start to create VR experiences that translate iconic locations from certain movies for users to explore, like virtual tourism. After watching The Nightmare Before Christmas around Halloween, I wished I could hang out in Halloweentown with the characters that live there. That’s something I’d pay for. Extrapolate that out to hundreds of movies over the last hundred years that had interesting locales and you’ve got so much potential content.
This should come with an adult diaper. I’ve had VR experiences that my brain screamed “NOPE! EJECT! ABORT!” and I had to remove the headset to preserve my immediate sanity. Too immersive.
Although there are infinite possibilities. I’d love a Friday the 13th VR experience where you have to hide from Jason, utilizing armswing locomotion to run; a Nightmare on Elm Street experience that mixes between the “real world” and dream worlds where you try to defeat Freddy Krueger, stuff like that. Just nothing that involves the deep ocean, at least for me. The deep ocean is my phobia.
I really hope companies that own movie-related IPs start to create VR experiences that translate iconic locations from certain movies for users to explore, like virtual tourism. After watching The Nightmare Before Christmas around Halloween, I wished I could hang out in Halloweentown with the characters that live there. That’s something I’d pay for. Extrapolate that out to hundreds of movies over the last hundred years that had interesting locales and you’ve got so much potential content.
I’ve always said that what will push me to get a VR headset is virtual tourism. That’s where the focus should have been IMO. Gaming is the icing on the cake.
And the cool thing about VR is that you get a sensation of genuine spatial presence BUT that environment is virtual and doesn’t have to obey the laws of physics and nature.
I recently watched the Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Metropolis and Nosferatu. What I wouldn’t give for VR tourist environments of sets from those movies making it feel like I’m in them.
VR gaming is fun, but the medium has far, far more potential beyond just them.
They should include psychological therapy with that
Huge thanks for the heads-up! So looking forward to trying this later.
I see he’s planning further improvements toward the 1.0 release,
* Improved Controls – Controller-relative walking (sooner) and controller-relative aiming (later)
* Reworked Movement/Comfort – To allow for a more one-to-one VR experience, a lot of the character/head movement needs to be gutted before it can be improved further
Pointless game for me. I would just sit in a corner, covering my eyes with hands. I would like Silent Hill with my HTC Vive but then again after radio noise I would sit in a corner.
Amazing…
Man can’t believe I haven’t played this game yet! I need to put it on top of my list! Everytime it comes up all I hear is praise!
Finally something worth dusting off my Oculus for?
I wish they would not lie about adding motion control support. VR gestures and motion controller support just aren’t the same thing.
Talk about gaming urinalism.