HTC Vive will offer Ready Player One’s Oasis VR hub as Planet Ludus

In book and film forms, Ready Player One popularized the concept of The Oasis — a central hub connecting all VR experiences to one another using persistent avatars and consumables. This month, HTC Vive users will get to experience Planet Ludus, the VR headset maker’s attempt to make The Oasis actually happen.

Named after the first of Ready Player One’s planets to hold a key to Halliday’s hidden egg, Planet Ludus is the initial step in HTC’s plan to build an aggregator for multiple VR experiences. Having previously worked on licensed Ready Player One apps to coincide with the movie’s release, the headset maker announced its latest plans today at the Raindance Film Festival in London (via VRFocus).