Ready Player One inspires Oasis VR portals so users can seamlessly switch apps

The jarring experiences of launching, exiting, and switching VR apps within a separate 2D interface could become distant memories if Oasis by Admix and Somnium Space takes off. Inspired by the same-named VR hub in Ready Player One, Oasis promises to add “portals” to existing VR games and apps, enabling players to move seamlessly from one title to another without having to click through menus. And that’s just the start.

Admix describes Oasis as “a 3-dimensional version of the hyperlink,” shifting players through a “Metaverse” of different apps while “staying immersed in virtual reality.” A demonstration video published this week by the company shows a player walking into an elevator in the Somnium Space app, tapping an icon for the app High Fidelity, and then emerging on a street within the latter after a brief teleportation sequence. The companies say they accomplished the first “travel” over Oasis on March 28.