During Computex 2023, Nvidia announced Nvidia Ace for Games. It uses AI technology to create a future video game animation and dialogue for his character that reacts to the player’s voice..
Nvidia teased new technology through video game demonstrations. A conversation between the player-controlled main character and the owner of the ramen shop was shown. Dialogue Instead of using his tree, players could use their voice to speak to video game characters. Rather than using pre-written scripts, generative AI was used to generate dialogue in real time, allowing the ramen shop owner to respond to the player.
All Nvidia needed was to create a backstory for the character. This made it clear that characters should understand their identities and professions, and provide mission objectives to the player. Think of his sheet from the Dungeons and Dragons character. It’s not far.
But the AI had a mission to fill out the bank, create more dynamic conversations, and be able to react to player responses. This could open up so many possibilities for future game developers.
Nvidia also reveals that AI can animate characters in real time, creating facial expressions to match the tone and topic of conversation. As a result, video game characters look more realistic, resulting in a more immersive experience.
The Verge reports that Nvidia says the tech is “scalable to multiple characters at once,” potentially allowing two different AIs to converse with each other in AI-generated dialogue. confirmed.
Nvidia’s AI technology isn’t perfect. While the AI’s ability to develop real-time dialogue in response to player utterances was certainly impressive, the dialogue sounded stiff compared to having a professional voice actor or actress read a script. So don’t expect this technology to suddenly appear in every game going forward. This is clearly in its early stages.
But Nvidia Ace for Games is a remarkable first step and an exciting glimpse into the future of video games.
This demo was created in Unreal Engine 5 by Nvidia and its partner Convai to promote Nvidia ACE (Avatar Cloud Engine) for games. It can run both locally and in the cloud.
