Think of your favorite video game character. Picture them in your head, remember their stories and the actors’ performances that made them stick with you long after you put the controller down. Maybe you’re thinking of Astarion from  Baldur’s Gate 3 , whose actor Neil Newbon recently won the  Best Performance award at the 2023 Game Awards . Or maybe your mind went to your favorite iteration of  Link from  The Legend of Zelda  franchise, who has stayed with you over the years with each new game in the series, despite never speaking. Remember that everything you love about that character was created by a team of writers, artists, and actors who combined their immense talents to bring that hero, villain, or companion to life. Nvidia, the company responsible for many of the graphics cards in high-end PCs, announced an AI-powered NPC generator called Omniverse Avatar Cloud Engine alongside AI tech company Convai  last year . It attempts to emulate the sam...