Tallinn-based Wolf3D raises €1 million to bring selfie-based personal avatars to games and VR
Summary
Founded in 2014, Wolf3D’s team has since built a successful avatar business and technology, working with many of the top 10 game and VR developers. The startup is now making its technology available for small and mid-sized developers and providing the first selected companies their avatar creation solution for free. The software called Ready Player Me allows anyone to create a personal full-body avatar from a selfie that’s “transportable” between all of the games they are integrated with. Illustrating the trend, Travis Scott’s record-breaking Fortnite concert back in April gathered more than 12 million people in a virtual space. The startup believes that it’s unlikely that there will be one big “metaverse” that will dominate, and that is why cross-platform services such as Ready Player Me are necessary for simplifying players’ gaming experience across many virtual worlds.