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Enabling Creation of Anything, Anywhere, by Anyone
At Roblox, our vision is to reimagine the way we come together. Millions of developers and creators across the globe come together to inspire, build, and share. Our platform is user created and our community is at the center of everything we do. Ev...
| March 22, 2023 -
The Tech Stack for the Metaverse
At DeveloperWeek this year, Roblox CTO Dan Sturman sat down with the CTO of Stripe, David Singleton, to discuss “The Tech Stack for the Metaverse.” Missed the event and want to check it out? Explore the recap and recording below. Roblox participa...
| March 17, 2023 -
Generative AI on Roblox: Our Vision for the Future of Creation
Today, Roblox provides creators with a platform that enables end-to-end tools, services, and support to help them build the most immersive 3D experiences. With Roblox Studio, creators have everything they need, out-of-the-box and for free, to build t...
| February 17, 2023 -
Team Behind the Tech – User Group
Roblox is a human co-experience platform. We want our users to be able to experience the full spectrum of social interactions in our immersive 3D experiences, with communication on Roblox mirroring all the ways we communicate in the real world. O...
| February 08, 2023 -
Hack Week 2022: Putting Our Values into Action
In December 2022, we hosted our annual Hack Week. During this week, Robloxians put our values into action by pursuing projects that drive rapid innovation. This was our largest annual self-organized event to date, with over 400 employees across 225 t...
| February 07, 2023 -
What Engineers Really Think About the Metaverse (Survey Insights)
93% of engineers want to help build the metaverse, and 4 in 5 would quit their current job for the opportunity More than 90% say the metaverse will see more technical innovation than any other segment in the next decade 78% of engineers expect to spe...
| February 06, 2023 -
2022 Year In Review – Letter from our CEO
2022 was a great year for Roblox. We are optimistically driving our vision to reimagine the way people come together, and we’re realizing it by enabling deeper forms of expression, communication, and immersion. The investments we are making to ...
| January 18, 2023 -
Fostering a Culture of Innovation in 2023
Survey of engineers shows collaboration, flexibility and sense of ownership as critical factors in nurturing an innovation mindset and culture When a company sets out on an ambitious goal of building things that haven’t existed before, innovation i...
| December 15, 2022 -
Introducing Contact Importer and Friend Recommendations
Today, we’re excited to announce the rollout of two new features to make it easier to find and connect with friends on Roblox: Contact Importer and Friend Recommendations. Experiences on Roblox can be more amazing and enjoyable when you are with pe...
| December 09, 2022 -
Semantic Subtyping in Luau
Luau is the first programming language to put the power of semantic subtyping in the hands of millions of creators. Minimizing false positives One of the issues with type error reporting in tools like the Script Analysis widget in Roblox Studio is f...
| November 22, 2022 -
Team Behind the Tech – Creator Group
Go behind the scenes to learn about the Creator Group culture they aim to build, and how they’re working towards the future of creation on Roblox.
| October 13, 2022 -
RDC 2022: Our Vision for the Future of Roblox
At the Roblox Developers Conference (RDC), kicking off today at the Fort Mason Center in San Francisco, thousands of top 3D artists, programmers, builders, and content creators are gathering—in person and virtually on Guilded—to network and disco...
| September 09, 2022 -
Spotlight on Roblox Research
Showcasing some of the leaders of the Roblox Research team as they accelerate our mission to connect a billion people with optimism and civility.
| August 09, 2022 -
Introducing Custom Material Variants and New Enhancements to Materials
Our upgraded material system provides creators with new, out-of-the-box capabilities to enhance and customize the look and feel of their content.
| July 20, 2022 -
Why Content Creators Are Moving from 2D Screens to 3D Worlds
Roblox’s vision is to reimagine the way people come together to create, learn, play, work and socialize. We are creating a platform for immersive human co-experience, and people all over the world are participating and contributing millions of 3D e...
| June 23, 2022 -
Delivering Large-Scale Platform Reliability
Showcasing a quality-oriented process for achieving higher reliability in microservices acting together to improve the platform.
| April 28, 2022 -
Layers of Genius Behind Layered Clothing
A breakthrough in 3D realism took years of labor – and a little rocket science.
| April 04, 2022