Wow, so much hate. I think it's actually pretty cool that someone got this far with modding it, but obviously there's a lot of work to do.
There's a lot of thirsty HL fans that have been anxiously waiting for a sequel, so I don't blame them for wanting to try to play it without buying VR. But, I mean, if I was in that boat, I'd probably just watch a playthrough.
I own the game, but haven't given it a chance yet as I'm still stuck on DOOM Eternal, I'm almost certain that it's going to make me sick too. I fired it up for a few minutes on launch and it was having all kinds of issues, and in those few minutes I felt kinda sick. Apparently a lot of kinks were fixed and new drivers were released so I'm sure it'll be better, but surprisingly I'm in no rush. I mean, I'm excited for a new Half Life experience, but I think I'd be a lot more excited if the experience was a different one.