Road to the Metaverse

Episode 4: Metaverse avatars and the importance of an interoperable identity

Join us live on October 27, 2022 at 9am PT.

Unity’s VP of professional services, Ryan Peterson, is joined by Timmu Tõke, in Episode 4 of our Road to the metaverse series.

In this fireside chat, Ryan and Timmu will discuss:

  • What an open metaverse means and why an interoperable identity matters
  • What’s missing from interoperability within the metaverse
  • Different use cases for avatars in the metaverse
  • How avatars will change monetization strategies in the metaverse

Our speakers

Ryan Peterson

VP, Accelerate Solutions,Unity

Ryan leads Unity’s professional services group, Accelerate Solutions. The Accelerate Solutions team offers bespoke consulting and development services to a broad range of industries from game and film studios to energy, retail, and manufacturing companies. Ryan has over 25 years of experience in consulting and business development. He was the CEO of Finger Foods Advanced Technology Group, a digital transformation company acquired by Unity in 2020.

Timmu Tõke

Ready Player Me

Timmu Tõke is the co-founder and CEO of Ready Player Me, the cross-app avatar platform for the metaverse, used by 3,500+ developers. Timmu and his co-founders were named Forbes 30 Under 30 in 2019. Prior to Ready Player Me, Timmu co-founded Wolf3D. They started building hardware-based 3D scanners and then spent four years custom building avatar tech for companies like Tencent, Huawei, HTC, and Verizon among others.



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