If you could ask an NPC anything, would you? Nvidia Ace intends to give life to the non-player character

NPC as seen in demo for Nvidia NPC AI technology. Man seated in a chair looking at the camera.

While Nvidia's new Ace gaming platform promises to give life to NPCs — non-player characters — it's hard to imagine right now that many game developers would use the tech.

This isn't to say we're unimpressed. In fact, Laptop Mag has been astounded by the realism of past demos for Ace.