{"id":27893,"date":"2025-09-01T13:48:30","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T13:48:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/?p=27893"},"modified":"2025-12-30T07:56:24","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T07:56:24","slug":"meta-brings-ai-powered-npcs-to-the-metaverse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/meta-brings-ai-powered-npcs-to-the-metaverse\/","title":{"rendered":"Meta Brings AI-Powered NPCs to the Metaverse"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Meta<\/strong> is introducing <strong>AI-powered NPCs<\/strong> to <strong>Horizon Worlds<\/strong>. Developers will be able to customize the characters&#8217; appearance, backstory, and how they respond to players.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meta<\/strong> has announced new tools that will allow developers to create <strong>AI-powered NPCs<\/strong> (non-player characters) on the <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/horizon-worlds-coming-to-smartphones\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"6851\">Horizon Worlds<\/a><\/em><\/strong> platform. The company stated that this feature will be available &#8220;very soon,&#8221; giving developers the ability to design characters using new <strong>generative AI tools<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">AI Support for NPCs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/indir-6.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27894\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/indir-6.webp 720w, https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/indir-6-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/indir-6-390x220.webp 390w, https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/indir-6-150x84.webp 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>With the new update, developers will not only be able to customize the <strong>NPCs&#8217; appearance<\/strong> via the <strong>Worlds Desktop Editor<\/strong> but also add a <strong>backstory<\/strong> and set instructions for how the characters should respond to players. This means that NPCs will no longer be limited to a set of pre-programmed answers. They will be able to react to player interactions in a more dynamic and realistic way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meta<\/strong> emphasizes that this move is one of the latest efforts to merge its <strong>AI<\/strong> and <strong>metaverse visions<\/strong>. With the company&#8217;s <strong>Connect event<\/strong> happening in a few weeks, more details are expected to be shared soon about how <strong>generative AI<\/strong> is transforming <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/meta-defies-expectations-shares-jump-10\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"25580\">Meta&#8217;<\/a><\/em>s virtual worlds<\/strong>. For now, those who want to experience the new <strong>AI NPCs<\/strong> can check out the characters in the games <strong>Bobber Bay Fishing<\/strong> and <strong>Profit or Perish<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Furthermore, the <strong>metaverse vision<\/strong> is being shaped under the company&#8217;s <strong>Reality Labs<\/strong> division. This unit also includes <strong>smart glasses<\/strong> and <strong>VR\/AR headsets<\/strong>. The <strong>Reality Labs<\/strong> division has not made a profit since the last quarter of 2020, with cumulative losses reaching <strong>$70 billion<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">You Might Also Like;<\/h3>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list wp-block-latest-posts\"><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meta is introducing AI-powered NPCs to Horizon Worlds. Developers will be able to customize the characters&#8217; appearance, backstory, and how they respond to players. Meta has announced new tools that will allow developers to create AI-powered NPCs (non-player characters) on the Horizon Worlds platform. The company stated that this feature will be available &#8220;very soon,&#8221; &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23228,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAown96uCw:productID":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[322],"tags":[74,318,227],"class_list":["post-27893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-metaverse1","tag-meta-news-and-content","tag-metaverse-news","tag-smart-glasses"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27893"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27893\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}