{"id":792056,"date":"2025-12-03T15:33:54","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T15:33:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/this-early-access-vr-mod-for-the-original-tomb-raider-could-become-the-best-way-to-play-the-game?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=feed"},"modified":"2025-12-03T15:33:54","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T15:33:54","slug":"this-early-access-vr-mod-for-the-original-tomb-raider-could-become-the-best-way-to-play-the-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/this-early-access-vr-mod-for-the-original-tomb-raider-could-become-the-best-way-to-play-the-game\/","title":{"rendered":"This Early Access VR Mod for the original Tomb Raider could become the best way to play the game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/this-early-access-vr-mod-for-the-original-tomb-raider-could-become-the-best-way-to-play-the-game.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>God, I adore flatscreen to VR mods. Honestly, they&#8217;re just so much more exciting to me than the current crop of official VR releases. A large portion of anticipated titles have been fairly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/darkly-comic-horror-game-happyfunland-vr-shows-promise-but-it-might-not-be-worth-the-price-of-admission\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">underwhelming<\/a> to say the least, but thankfully there&#8217;s absolutely nothing like the feeling of revisiting an all-time classic in VR to make you fall in love with the medium once again.<\/p>\n<p>Being able to explore digital worlds that you loved in the past as if you were really there in the present is nothing short of magic to me and this week&#8217;s episode of VR Corner is a cracking example of how good this stuff can be! <\/p>\n<p>The legendary modding team, Team Beef has not only managed to bring the original 1996 Tomb Raider into standalone VR and PC VR with their amazing but uncomfortably named, Beef Raider XR mod, but they&#8217;ve also add a 6DoF first-person viewpoint <em>and<\/em> motion controlled aiming for all Lara&#8217;s weapons!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/this-early-access-vr-mod-for-the-original-tomb-raider-could-become-the-best-way-to-play-the-game?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/this-early-access-vr-mod-for-the-original-tomb-raider-could-become-the-best-way-to-play-the-game?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>God, I adore flatscreen to VR mods. 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