Razer has (finally) officially announced the Razer Hydra, the world’s first gaming-grade motion sensing controllers powered by “Sixense”, built to draw you deeper into your PC games. Razer, Valve, and Sixense worked together to create exclusive Portal 2 content to showcase the power of the Razer Hydra’s ability to enhance game immersion. The full version of Portal 2 plus exclusive content will be available in a special edition bundle with the Razer Hydra.
“The Razer Hydra is a significant step forward for the PC gaming industry because it not only affords an almost-physical experience for gamers, but also presents developers an opportunity to innovate and significantly push the boundaries on new forms of gameplay and entertainment,” said Gabe Newell, co-founder and president of Valve.
The Razer Hydra lets you extend your natural body motion directly into your PC games. With Portal 2, this means a breathtaking new way to play when you can intuitively reach out, interact with physics puzzles, shoot portals and leap across wide chasms in complete three dimensions. With Razer’s trademark ultra-low latency and highly precise one-to-one tracking to the exact millimeter and degree, experience maximum portal testing immersion.
The demonstration video below is the same footage that wowed everyone at CES (look in the lower left corner for the Hydra’s usage).
The best part is games don’t have to be specially customized for, or specifically built around the Hydra to work with it. In addition to the special content for Portal 2, the Razer Hydra has been optimized to work out of the box with over 125 PC games such as Civilization 4 and 5, Left 4 Dead 2, Super Meat Boy, and World of Goo. A complete list of games can be found at the Razer Hydra mini site.
“By working with Razer and Valve, we have established the PC as the best platform for motion gaming,” says Amir Rubin, CEO, Sixense. “We developed and optimized 6 Sixense TrueMotion levels for Portal 2 to allow gamers to fully experience the possibilities of motion gaming. Definitely an exciting time to be a PC gamer.”
Each Hydra set includes two controllers and a base station.
The Razer Hydra/Portal 2 bundle will retail for $139.99. Preorders begin in May, with product expected to ship in June.
…and in case you’ve been living under a rock, Portal 2 came out on Tuesday.
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