what's Ready Player Me?

Ready Player Me is a cross-platform avatar creation system that enables users to generate customizable 3D avatars from selfies or manual design, which can be used across thousands of games, apps, and virtual worlds. The platform emphasizes interoperability, allowing a single avatar to persist across different metaverses and experiences without recreation, powered by a unified backend that handles avatar data, animations, and customizations. The system integrates with blockchain technologies for NFT-based avatars and wearables, supporting minting and ownership of unique digital assets like limited-edition outfits or full avatars tied to projects such as CryptoPunks or deadmau5 collaborations. Developers can integrate Ready Player Me via SDKs for Unity, Unreal Engine, and web, with features like AI-generated textures and animation libraries to enhance user engagement in Web3 environments.

Ready Player Me shut down operations, impacting Unity developers who integrated the platform.