vocabulary: Ready Player Me
description: |
  Vocabulary, taxonomy, and concept mapping for the Ready Player Me cross-platform avatar API. Captures the
  operational dimensions (avatars, assets, users, applications, renders) and the capability dimensions
  (Avatar Creator, GLB rendering, PNG portrait scenes, asset categories, gender, body type) used across the
  Avatars, Assets, and Auth APIs.
created: '2026-05-25'
modified: '2026-05-25'
domains:
  - id: avatars
    name: Avatars
    terms:
      - id: avatar
        term: Avatar
        definition: A cross-platform 3D character composed of a base model plus equipped assets.
      - id: draft-avatar
        term: Draft Avatar
        definition: An in-progress avatar that has not yet been saved as a permanent avatar.
      - id: avatar-template
        term: Avatar Template
        definition: A pre-built starting point used to seed a new avatar.
      - id: body-type
        term: Body Type
        definition: The form factor of the avatar — halfbody (head and shoulders) or fullbody.
      - id: gender
        term: Gender
        definition: Avatar gender preset — masculine, feminine, or neutral.
      - id: pose
        term: Pose
        definition: The default pose of the rendered avatar — A-pose or T-pose.
      - id: morph-target
        term: Morph Target
        definition: A blendshape used for facial animation; ARKit, Oculus, and custom presets are supported.
      - id: precompile
        term: Precompile
        definition: An operation that warms the render cache for a specific avatar / parameter combination.
  - id: assets
    name: Assets
    terms:
      - id: asset
        term: Asset
        definition: A wearable or base model that can be equipped on an avatar.
      - id: hair
        term: Hair
      - id: beard
        term: Beard
      - id: outfit
        term: Outfit
      - id: headwear
        term: Headwear
      - id: facewear
        term: Facewear
      - id: glasses
        term: Glasses
      - id: footwear
        term: Footwear
      - id: costume
        term: Costume
      - id: custom-asset
        term: Custom Asset
      - id: base-model
        term: Base Model
        definition: The underlying body and head mesh of an avatar before wearables are equipped.
  - id: rendering
    name: Rendering
    terms:
      - id: glb
        term: GLB
        definition: Binary glTF, the canonical Ready Player Me runtime delivery format.
      - id: mesh-lod
        term: Mesh LOD
        definition: Level of detail of the mesh — 0 (highest) to 2 (lowest).
      - id: texture-atlas
        term: Texture Atlas
        definition: Combined texture map size, used to reduce draw calls.
      - id: draco
        term: Draco Compression
        definition: Mesh compression standard supported on GLB renders.
      - id: meshopt
        term: Meshopt Compression
        definition: Alternative mesh compression supported on GLB renders.
      - id: portrait-scene
        term: Portrait Scene
        definition: Pre-built camera and lighting setup for PNG renders — portrait, halfbody, or fullbody.
  - id: identity
    name: Identity
    terms:
      - id: user
        term: User
        definition: A Ready Player Me end user; can be anonymous or email-authenticated.
      - id: anonymous-user
        term: Anonymous User
      - id: application
        term: Application
        definition: A Studio application that consumes the Ready Player Me APIs; identified by X-APP-ID.
      - id: subdomain
        term: Studio Subdomain
        definition: The per-application subdomain that handles authentication.
  - id: integration
    name: Integration Surfaces
    terms:
      - id: avatar-creator
        term: Avatar Creator
        definition: The web-hosted UI for creating and editing avatars; embedded via iframe or React.
      - id: unity-sdk
        term: Unity SDK
      - id: unreal-sdk
        term: Unreal SDK
      - id: visage
        term: Visage
        definition: The official three.js / react-three-fiber web rendering library.
      - id: react-avatar-creator
        term: React Avatar Creator
      - id: ios-sdk
        term: iOS SDK
      - id: android-sdk
        term: Android SDK