Looking for a Ready Player Me alternative? Meet MetaPerson
Ready Player Me shut down its avatar platform on January 31, 2026 after the Netflix acquisition. MetaPerson by Avatar SDK is the production-ready replacement — turn a selfie into a full-body 3D avatar, export GLB/glTF, and integrate with Unity, Unreal, Web, iOS and Android via SDK or Cloud API.
No vendor lock-in · Cloud API or on-premise · Commercial & Enterprise licensing
Why developers are switching
Ready Player Me is gone — your avatars need a new home
With RPM’s avatar creator and PlayerZero offline since January 31, 2026, teams that relied on Ready Player Me for interoperable 3D avatars can no longer generate or update them. MetaPerson is a drop-in path forward: the same glTF/GLB pipeline, cross-platform SDKs, and a Cloud API you control — built by Avatar SDK, used in production by enterprise teams.
Side by side
MetaPerson vs Ready Player Me
| MetaPerson (Avatar SDK) | Ready Player Me | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Active, production-ready | Shut down Jan 31, 2026 (Netflix) |
| 3D avatar from a selfie / photo | Yes — realistic and cartoon | Stylized only |
| Full-body 3D avatar | Yes | Yes (while it ran) |
| glTF / GLB export | Yes | Yes (while it ran) |
| Unity · Unreal · Web SDK | Yes — plus iOS & Android | Yes (while it ran) |
| Deployment | Cloud API + on-premise (Local Compute) | Cloud only |
| Animation & lip-sync | Yes — Mixamo-ready, LiveSpeak | Limited |
| Commercial & Enterprise licensing | Yes | Discontinued |
| Long-term availability | Yes | No |
Comparison reflects Ready Player Me’s avatar platform prior to its January 31, 2026 shutdown.
Migration
Move from Ready Player Me in three steps
Swap the avatar source
Replace the RPM creator with MetaPerson Creator (web / iframe) or call the Avatar SDK Cloud API to generate avatars from a selfie.
Keep your pipeline
Avatars export as GLB/glTF — the same format RPM used — so your existing loaders, rigs and engines keep working.
Ship to production
Integrate with Unity, Unreal, Web, iOS or Android. Run on the Cloud API or on-premise with Local Compute, under a commercial license.
Replace Ready Player Me with MetaPerson
Get realistic, full-body 3D avatars from a selfie — cross-platform, exportable, and yours to deploy anywhere.
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