NVIDIA has made several significant announcements at CES 2025, showcasing advancements in both game AI with ACE (Avatar Cloud Engine) and reducing latency with Reflex 2 technology. These innovations will transform how we interact with games and improve overall performance.
NVIDIA ACE: Dynamic AI Characters and Bosses
NVIDIA ACE, which was first introduced at Computex 2023, is now being expanded to power dynamic AI characters and bosses in various high-profile games. Here's a look at how different developers are integrating this technology:
KRAFTON: PUBG Ally and inZoi Smart Zoi
- PUBG Ally: This feature will add co-playable AI characters to PUBG that can communicate using game-specific language, offer strategic advice, share loot, drive vehicles, and participate in combat. The AI is powered by the Mistral-Nemo-Minitron-8B-128k-instruct small language model (SMM).
- inZoi Smart Zoi: In KRAFTON's upcoming life simulation game, Smart Zoi characters will dynamically adapt to their environment and react based on unique personalities.
NetEase: NARAKA: Bladepoint AI Teammates
NetEase will add AI teammates to both the mobile and PC versions of NARAKA: Bladepoint. These AI companions will battle alongside players, find items, swap gear, offer skill recommendations, and adapt their fighting styles to assist in combat.
Wemade: MIR5 AI Boss - Asterion, Lord of the Void
Wemade is using NVIDIA ACE to create an AI boss called Asterion in their MMORPG, MIR5. Asterion is designed to analyze players' skills and attack patterns and constantly adapt its strategy to offer a unique and challenging boss encounter each time.
Other Implementations of NVIDIA ACE
Other developers are also finding unique ways to utilize NVIDIA ACE. Some of the examples include:
- Dead Meat: Will use NVIDIA ACE to power dynamic local conversations in this murder mystery game.
- AI People: This sandbox game features AI-driven NPCs with learning, emotional and story-generating capabilities.
- F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch - ZooPunk demo: Showcased AI-powered natural NPC dialogue using various AI tech and Stable Diffusion for in-game image generation.
- Alien: Rogue Incursion: Features NVIDIA ACE's Audio2Face for VR character animation.
- World of Jade Dynasty: Perfect World Games will use NVIDIA ACE's Audio2Face for character animation in their MMORPG.
NVIDIA Reflex 2: Reduced Latency by Up to 75%
NVIDIA Reflex 2, the next evolution of their latency-reducing technology, promises to further lower latency by up to 75%.
Frame Warp: Reflex 2 introduces Frame Warp, which updates the rendered frame based on the latest mouse input before it is displayed. This technology warps an existing frame to incorporate the most recent mouse input, which results in lower input lag. The predictive rendering algorithm fills in the missing spaces, giving a seamless, low-latency visual experience.
Games with Reflex 2 Support:
- The Finals: Demonstrated with a reduction of latency from 56ms to 14ms.
- VALORANT: Achieved an average latency under 3ms with Frame Warp on an RTX 5090.
NVIDIA Reflex 2 will debut alongside the GeForce RTX 50 Series GPUs.
Source: NVIDIA Official Website
