My general experience of AI tools has so far been somewhat overturning; I don’t need an AI agent to rewrite an E email to me, and although like Google’s Magic Editor is good at transforming an ‘meh’ photo into something more artistic, AI has never felt the useful to me.
But Logitech takes another way. The company’s ‘g’ gaming arm, specifically its streamer-centric streamlabs device, has come up with something it calls ‘Intelligent Gaming Agent’ and I’ve seen it in action at Logitech’s big annual accommodation play event.
Instead of painting pictures of dogs in Salvador Dali paintings, the intelligent gaming agent is set to be a gaming advisor, production assistant and technical support for game flows.
Demoing of the agent, a Logitech representative asked the AI-driven tool to give her advice on where to get in Fortnitevia a voice request and external microphone. AI answered and advised a drop point to enable a good start to the Battle Royale game.
In response to queries in a conversation and friendly tone, the agent can be adapted to see different ways, but also respond in specific ways; In particular, the agent can take on a sassy tone and easily mock the streamer – as if the gaming world is not already overwhelmed with less than pleasant comments.
But the agent can be hidden from the streamer if you do not want a virtual device on screen, but still all its services and skills can still be accessed.
Of course, such help is just a page. Where the intelligent gaming agent can be really practical on the manufacturer page.
As per the demo, AI may be asked to create a poll for stream watchers, for example, where they believe a player should land in FortniteThen AI treats the answers and feeds them back without the streamer having to do anything. It can also squeeze videos from the streamed game and add sound effects.
Then on the technical side, the agent can register things like the streamer that has not spoken for a while, and then infer that there could be a problem with the AI setup.
Likewise, steamers can ask AI if there is anything wrong with their setup and it will try the best to come up with a solution to it. When asked if there was anything wrong with the sound, the agent saw it and noticed that the user’s microphone was off and therefore turned it on. It all seems pretty smart and could create a very practical tool for new streamers.
Driving all this is Logitech’s Streamlabs AI, which uses tech from Inworld AI to deliver custom learning models, and according to a LogitechRep also CHATGPT taps. Nvidia also provided a load of its tech, like DLSS, for the reproduction of the AI assistant.
While the intelligent gaming agent seemed a little slow to generate his answers, they thought it delivered on the money. So I could see the agent be of some need for streamers who have a lot to juggle and want to build a fiancéed user base without any crazy multitasking.
If something, I did not expect helpful AI to appear in the peripheral game. But it looks like a smart use of AI that could increase one’s gaming experience for the better.
You can try the intelligent streaming assistant yourself if you install it for Logitech’s StreamLab’s desktop software, just remember that to get the most out of it, choose the paid for Streamlab’s Ultra.
