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Valve shows Aperture Portal themed VR demo

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Syf

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w-what

hold me

edit: oh apparently just a tech demo :( still, exciting. Hopefully Portal 3 really is in the works with full VR support.
 
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LDAF

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Re-posting what I said in the other thread: The other guys who tested it out already said it was a Portal demo, but they didn't specify Portal 3. This guy MAY be jumping to conclusions, but he may be right at the same time.
 
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MayMay

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Wait, the ONE game they said they wouldnt develope a sequel to..... gets a sequel?


Volvo pls

LDAF said:
Re-posting what I said in the other thread: The other guys who tested it out already said it was a Portal demo, but they didn't specify Portal 3. This guy MAY be jumping to conclusions, but he may be right at the same time.
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Yeah this makes more sense.
 
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ioriyagami

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iMax

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Isn't there a good chance that this is just Portal 2 re-done in VR and he's just a little bit confused?
 
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deleted

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Other sites are talking about a VR demo set in Portal where you have to repair a droid. Maybe he got it mixed up?
 
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Dominator

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This would be a strange lie. He says he's PLAYED it, and thinks it will have been announced by the time this video went live.
 
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Tenebrous

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What the fuck, really?

I hope it's not just a tech demo. Valve could easily have used an unused test chamber to show off Source 2 & Hive, but...
 
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darkness_s

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I think he just confused the Portal demo for the Vive with a new game. I think it's just a demo set in Portal's universe.
 
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Inferno313

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From the Verge's write-up:

Valve has also put together what I'd describe as a mildly interactive Portal short movie. It's called Aperture. I was tasked with repairing a malfunctioning drone, and my inevitable failure drew the always-sarcastic disapproval of GLaDOS. As much as I love Portal, I found that to be the weakest part of the Vive VR demo; I was just following highly specific orders and wasn't given any freedom to experiment and interact with things that weren't designed to be manipulated by my virtual hands.
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Sounds like a tech demo.
 
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iMax said:
Isn't there a good chance that this is just Portal 2 re-done in VR and he's just a little bit confused?
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It has to be this. There's no way we're getting Portal 3 this fast, before L4D3.
 
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ekim

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HTC and Valve saved their best demo for last. The spokesperson told me that he would keep quiet from then on and I was to follow the instructions given. As the scene faded from black, I found myself in a very familiar environment. I could feel myself smiling, grinning from ear to ear. I couldn't help myself. I was in an Aperture Science testing facility. Yes, I was inside the world of Portal.

It looked as if I was in some kind of repair room. A disembodied voice came over the speakers and told me to open a drawer. I looked around me, saw some built-in drawers and walked over to them. I opened a drawer, only to see blueprints and tools. The voice said I opened the wrong one, so I tried again. This time, I saw a moldy cake. Apparently that was the wrong one also, so I opened another one. It contained tiny, little cutout people at tiny, little office desks who went berserk at the sight of me. The disembodied voice told me that I had made a mistake and that I was now their god.

Suddenly, Atlas awakened, and lumbered toward the room. It was so imposing and realistic that I backed away instinctively from the door.
Giving up on me, the voice then told me to walk across the room and pull on a lever. I did that and a giant door opened. Behind it were two of Portal 2's androids, Atlas and P-Body, lying on the floor broken and in disrepair. Suddenly, Atlas awakened, and lumbered toward the room. It was so imposing and realistic that I backed away instinctively from the door. The voice then told me to press on a button to expand its components so that I could repair it. I did so, pulling on its front exterior to expose its electronic guts. The next thing the voice told me to do was so complicated and full of technical jargon that I knew it was impossible. The voice told me to keep calm while also warning me with increasing urgency that if I didn't accomplish the task in time, I would fail.

And, of course, I did. Atlas collapsed on the floor with great noise and fanfare; the floor gave way and the room started to fall apart around me. I was told in a deadpan manner that I was now not qualified to do anything. Then, a familiar voice popped up. It was GladOS, Portal's AI antagonist, wondering out loud how a robot could possibly fail this simple mission until a camera popped by and saw me, to which she responded, "Oh." As the room started to get rebuilt around me, she said that I had done well as far as humans go, and that I was relieved of my duties. The demo then faded out to an outro and it was over.

But I didn't want it to be. I wanted to stay in that world. I wanted to keep playing. I wanted now, very badly, to play Portal 2 in virtual reality. It was the most immersive experience, and frankly, the most fun I've had with a VR headset strapped on my head. The ability to walk around the room and directly interact with objects around me makes a huge difference. It's made me a convert to VR.
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http://www.engadget.com/2015/03/04/htc-vive-hands-on/

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