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4 Ways How Your Game Can Benefit From Custom Avatar Outfits

Learn how custom content can improve your user engagement, retention, revenue, and more

Reimagining the Avatar Creation Pipeline in Games with Generative AI

At Ready Player Me, AI tools are helping us streamline the avatar content creation process — from the first concepts to the final 3D model.

Four Strategies to Level Up User Retention in Games Using Avatars

Insights on leveraging avatars to keep players engaged, grow retention, and contribute to the overall success of gaming experiences

Where's The Metaverse Heading in 2023

Discussing the technical challenges and the future of the metaverse with Ready Player Me partners

How can you get into the metaverse today

What's the metaverse, how to access it, and what platforms you can enter with your 3D avatar

3 Things To Include In Your Brand's Metaverse Strategy

Learn how your brand can embrace the metaverse through digital products, NFTs, immersive experiences, virtual worlds, and more.

Best Examples Of How Brands Embrace The Metaverse Today

More brands are establishing their presence in the metaverse. Here are some of the best examples featuring Adidas, Dior, Warner Bros., and others

Fitness Tools For The Metaverse with Dilan Shah, Co-Founder & CEO of YUR

Dilan Shah, Co-Founder & CEO of YUR, shares his thoughts about "making fitness a game" and the future of working out in VR and the metaverse

Supporting VR Developers in Early-Stages with Orla Harris, COO of SideQuest

Listen to the interview with Orla Harris, COO and Co-Founder of SideQuest, the early-stage platform for VR apps and games.

Developing Virtual Reality Apps & Games with Ryan Feldman from Immersed

We invited Ryan Feldman to tell us more about the early days of developing for VR and the role of productivity tools in the metaverse.

Ready Player Me & Rovio Talking About 3D Avatars and Virtual Identities For Games and Metaverses

Last week, our CEO Timmu Tõke was a guest on the Tomorrow with Rovio podcast. Ben Mattes, Studio Head at Rovio, talked with Timmu about avatars in games and beyond. Listen to the episode here.

Talking about the future of VR content creation with LIV's Co-Founder & CEO, AJ 'Dr Doom' Shewki

Timmu Tõke (Ready Player Me's CEO) and AJ 'Dr Doom' Shewki (LIV's CEO) had a quick chat about LIV, the current state of VR content creation and the role that avatars play in it.

Finding the right balance between realistic and abstract 3D avatars

Here's what we learned about realistic-looking 3D models after 7 years of creating full-body avatars.

Talking About Realistic 3D Avatars and Future of Work with MeetinVR's CEO

What's the future of work and why realistic 3D avatars are too creepy – watch the interview with Ready Player Me's CEO to learn more about it

Personal Avatars Are *The* Way To Make Virtual Events Feel More Real

Virtual events are more real than ever. And we need a way to represent ourselves when we attend them. Here's why 3D avatars are THE way.

The Past, The Present And The Future of Online Identities

How are our identities going to be represented in this new and exciting world? By virtual 3D avatars.

What To Do When Your 12-Year-Old Son Has a Girlfriend in Fortnite

I recently had a chat with a parent. He said his 12-year-old son came home and announced that he has met someone in Fortnite — and that someone is now his girlfriend.

Fortnite And Roblox Are Changing Social Media As We Know It

Games are becoming the way kids communicate with their friends these days. Much like the previous generation used to do at basketball courts and skate parks.