Hands On With The Razer Hydra and Portal 2
It’s not every day you get to visit a booth that features two great tastes that taste great together. To wit: Razer’s booth was pretty amazing and featured the unique Hydra 3D interface plus some exclusive gameplay from a modified version of Portal 2.
What is the Hydra? Once called the Sixsense, it’s a 3D interactive system for gesture-based gaming. You move two controllers around a magnetic orb that senses your position in space and allows you to do odd stuff like “stretch” boxes in the game. It’s an odd thing to see true pinpoint accuracy in a game like Portal 2 and it’s particularly unique to see motion control for the PC. In all I think the Hydra was one of the coolest things I saw at the show and can’t wait to try it.
1) I can’t believe you couldn’t get in to Portal, Biggs. It’s one of my all-time favorite games. Maybe I’m more of a adventure/puzzle fan than FPS though.
2) Portal 2 looks great, though perhaps too clever by half. I hope it lives up to my expectations.
3) That Hydra controller is pretty cool! I’d be interested to know how easy it is to use with other games.
4) A special thank you to CG and Razer – I won the Razer mouse for xmas and gave it to my brother and he loves it.
Any word on the price for the Hydra?
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A representative from Razer has told Joystiq that a two-controller pack of Hydra products will probably cost under 100 dollars