NCsoft breaks down its visual and AI engine technology in a trailer for the narrative title Project M

Our coverage of a trailer for a single-player game might seem like we’ve lost the plot on paper, but this is less about the game itself and more about what MMORPG studio NCsoft is up to in practice, especially there the new trailer uses graphics and character AI technology developed by the studio to create a digital version of NCsoft CCO Taekjin Kim.

A press release associated with the launch of the trailer focuses on NCsoft’s new tools to make the digital leader, with newly developed AI technology, Unreal Engine 5 graphics and text-to-speech synthesis, the all combined to create an AI character whose mouth animates to exactly what is being said, speaks in a human dialect, and moves as naturally as possible.

As for Project M itself, it’s being developed for consoles and looks like other narrative action titles Detroit: Become Human or The Anthology of Dark Pictures Games, with QTE events and prompt options that branch the story in different ways.

Obviously, these high-fidelity AI tricks are focused on a single-player title, but it’s interesting to see what NCsoft is up to with the technology, while also intriguing to consider where these advances could be used in other titles. See for yourself in the video after the cut.

Source: press release

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