Half-Life: Alyx’s gravitational gloves ruined many other melee games, as I was able to point things out and turn them into my hands solving many moving problems that were common in other games. It’s hard, after the beauty of the Half-Life system, to go back to crouching, sideways, and gripping the air to lift things – or worse, without your hands hitting without the world around you.
Enter the modders. In particular, enter the FlyingParticle modder, which has released HIGGS VR for Skyrim VR. It’s a mod that adds a glove-style interaction to Skyrim, and it looks like it works beautifully.
HIGGS stands for handheld interaction and density gloves for Skyrim. VR-focused YouTuber Cangar has made the video below to showcase the mod’s features, and everything you’d expect from an Alyx-inspired mod:
You can mark at objects and bring them into your hands. You can now use your hands to wrap things around tables. Your in-game hands hold on to models in natural positions, allowing you to hold bottles from the bottom, tip, or any point on the side, for example. You can now drop things over your shoulder to their pocket, a common feature in many first-person VR games. You can use this system to remove weapons from defeated enemies. It even works with the Skyrim theft system, illuminating objects in red that you will be identified as a thief for picking up.
There are a few differences between this action between this and Half-Life: Alyx. For one, here you are pointing your palm at objects to pull them towards, something I can imagine getting used to. However, there is a .ini file that allows you to adjust some of its settings to your liking.
Instructions on how to install and set up HIGGS VR can be found on the mod’s Nexus Mods page. You will want to download the VRIK mod for the full experience seen in the video above, as that is what gives you in-game body and finger animations to capture objects.