But is VR vital for the proper Alyx experience?
I’m not too interested in a VRless Alyx but I’m sure it’s welcome news to some.
Keyboard, mouse, and monitor is all you need.

Oh, and a PC.
you could downloadHalf-LifeAlyx NoVRfrom ModDB.
Several other mods havepreviouslymade Alyx playable without VR goggles.

Going by what some players have said, this one is perhaps a pretty good implementation?
And that little time capsule of a story illustrates whyI always read mod readme files.
Ah, maybe I’ll give it a curious poke if Alyx goes cheap in a sale.

Oh, and do check out our recentinterview with Half-Life writer Marc Laidlaw.