Omniverse Avatar, platform for generating immersive AI-driven avatars, Nvidia Corporation, Santa Clara, California, USA

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Developer - Nvidia Corporation (https://pr.ai/showthread.php?13678)

developer.nvidia.com/ace (https://developer.nvidia.com/ace)

Omniverse (https://pr.ai/showthread.php?t=22464), real-time simulation and collaboration platform

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"NVIDIA Announces Platform for Creating AI Avatars (https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/nvidia-announces-platform-for-creating-ai-avatars)"
NVIDIA Omniverse Avatar Enables Real-Time Conversational AI Assistants

November 9, 2021

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https://youtu.be/U9Zh57dGsH4

Expert, Natural Q&A with NVIDIA Omniverse Avatar for Project Tokkio

Nov 8, 2021


In this demo, we see one example of Project Tokkio—a “talking kiosk” reference application. NVIDIA Maxine embodies a photorealistic, life-like autonomous toy avatar that responds to challenging domain-specific questions. The avatar, in NVIDIA Omniverse, is a reference application that uses NVIDIA Riva for speech AI, NVIDIA Megatron-Turing NLG 530B large language model for natural language understanding, and a combination of NVIDIA Omniverse animation systems for facial and body animation based on an audio source.

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Article "Nvidia unveils AI Omniverse Avatars for the virtual world (https://venturebeat.com/2021/11/09/nvidia-unveils-ai-omniverse-avatars-for-the-virtual-world)"

by Tim Keary (https://www.linkedin.com/in/tim-keary-7742b1135)
November 9, 2021

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Article "NVIDIA created a toy replica of its CEO to demo its new AI avatars (https://www.engadget.com/nvidia-ai-voice-avatar-omniverse-project-tokkio-142456487.html)"
You can also create a realistic avatar based on a single photo.

by Jonathan Fingas (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanfingas)
November 9, 2021

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https://youtu.be/jIaUhWXjzwo

NVIDIA Omniverse Avatar for Project Maxine

Nov 8, 2021


Collaboration with global audiences can be dramatically improved when speaking in their language. To enable better communication and understanding, Project Maxine integrates Riva’s real-time translation and text-to-speech with photo animation “live portrait” and eye contact in real time.

developer.nvidia.com/maxine (https://developer.nvidia.com/maxine)

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https://youtu.be/7zKAKgc7Ecs

NVIDIA DRIVE Concierge With Omniverse Avatar

Nov 9, 2021


The technology of Omniverse Avatar enables DRIVE Concierge to serve as everyone’s digital assistant, helping them make recommendations, book reservations, make phone calls and provide alerts — all personalized to each driver and passenger.

"A First-Class Experience, for Every Car: Meet NVIDIA DRIVE Concierge and Chauffeur, Built With Omniverse Avatar (https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2021/11/09/drive-chauffeur-and-concierge)"
Flexible, open AI software brings safety, convenience and intelligence to personal vehicles.

by Danny Shapiro (https://www.linkedin.com/in/dannymshapiro)
November 9, 2021

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Article "An Era of Digital Humans: Pushing the Envelope of Photorealistic Digital Character Creation (https://developer.nvidia.com/blog/an-era-of-digital-humans-pushing-the-envelope-of-photorealistic-digital-character-creation)"

by Simon Yuen (https://www.linkedin.com/in/simon-yuen-68ba851)
November 9, 2021

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https://youtu.be/ETWTbmi0W20

NVIDIA Omniverse Avatar Platform for building real time, interactive, AI assistants

Mar 23, 2022


Making virtual robots - or avatars - look, sound and behave realistically is a complex process.

NVIDIA Omniverse Avatar is a technology framework built on the Omniverse platform that lets developers quickly build and deploy intelligent virtual robots, or "avatars" for different use cases with the ability to connect NVIDIA AI SDKs for speech and intelligence, to Omniverse rendering and animation technology for final output.

Let Toy Jensen introduce Omniverse Avatar and NVIDIA Tokkio, one of the applications built on top of the Omniverse Avatar platform.

NVIDIA Tokkio brings AI-driven customer service to customer service touchpoints in retail outlets, quick service restaurants, or the web.

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https://youtu.be/WKzWg87tEWk

NVIDIA Omniverse ACE: cloud-native AI for interactive avatar development

Aug 9, 2022


Omniverse Avatar Cloud Engine offers developers of games, chatbots, digital twins and virtual worlds a suite of cloud-native AI models that make it easier to build and deploy interactive avatars.

NVIDIA OMNIVERSE ACE - developer.nvidia.com/nvidia-omniverse-platform/ace (https://developer.nvidia.com/nvidia-omniverse-platform/ace)

NVIDIA Omniverse™ Avatar Cloud Engine (ACE) announced at SIGGRAPH 2022, is a collection of cloud-based AI models and services for developers to easily build, customize, and deploy engaging and interactive avatars.

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https://youtu.be/a05X3rAfYLs?si=lvewB72gEzPsH6NR

Bringing Avatars to Life with NVIDIA Omniverse Avatar Cloud Engine

Jan 3, 2023


Avatar Cloud Engine (ACE) opens a new world of possibilities for bringing digital avatars to life. See how ACE’s cloud-native #AI microservices power avatars of all shapes and sizes, from 2D portraits to 3D characters created by partners like Ready Player Me.

Developers and teams building avatars and virtual assistants can now register to join the Omniverse ACE early access program: https://nvda.ws/3BGAJE8

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"Create Lifelike Avatars with AI Animation and Speech Features in NVIDIA ACE (https://developer.nvidia.com/blog/create-lifelike-avatars-with-ai-animation-and-speech-features-in-nvidia-ace)"

by Ike Nnoli (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ikennoli), Yasmina Benkhoui (https://www.linkedin.com/in/yasmina-b-575840b1) and Karthick Iyer (https://www.linkedin.com/in/karthickciyer)
December 4, 2023

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"‘Get On the Train,’ NVIDIA CEO Says at ServiceNow’s Knowledge 2024 (https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/nvidia-servicenow-jensen-huang)"
Embrace AI, NVIDIA’s Jensen Huang says as ServiceNow showcases an AI avatar of the future for its generative AI experience Now Assist powered by NVIDIA AI software.

by Anne Hecht (https://www.linkedin.com/in/hechtanne)
May 8, 2024

ServiceNow, Inc. (https://pr.ai/showthread.php?t=25339)

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https://youtu.be/8xMeIwBnIpU?si=K26li7h_AJisFNuP

Digital Humans Transform Industries

Jun 3, 2024


NVIDIA ACE is a suite of digital human technologies, packaged as easy-to-deploy, fully optimized microservices, also known as NVIDIA NIM.

Developers can integrate ACE NIM into their existing frameworks, engines, and digital human experiences. NeMotron LLM and SLMs to understand intent and orchestrate other models. Riva NIM for interactive speech and translation. Audio2Face and Audio2Gesture NIM for facial and body animation.

ACE NIM run on NVIDIA GDN, a global network of NVIDIA-accelerated infrastructure that delivers low-latency digital human processing to over 100 regions. And today, ACE runs on RTX AI PCs.

"NVIDIA Releases Digital Human Microservices, Paving Way for Future of Generative AI Avatars (https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/digital-humans-ace-generative-ai-microservices)"
NVIDIA ACE Now Generally Available for Cloud, in Early Access for RTX AI PCs, in Use by Companies Across Customer Service, Gaming and Healthcare, Including Dell Technologies, ServiceNow, Aww Inc., Inventec, Perfect World Games

June 2, 2024