Blog
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Avatars and Identity in the Metaverse, Part 2
In Part 2 of his analysis of avatar and identity, Nameer Hirschkind, Roblox Data Science Intern, investigates how users’ real-life identifiers intersect with their Roblox identities.
| December 07, 2021 -
Unleashing Creator Productivity with Open Cloud
Empowering our developers with the tools and freedom they need to build the next generation of incredible experiences.
| November 04, 2021 -
An Update on Our Outage
We recently experienced an extended outage across our platform. Learn more about the outage and steps taken to address it.
| October 31, 2021 -
Bring Your Dynamic Self to The Metaverse with Layered Clothing
Our VP of Product, Avatar Bjorn Book-Larsson showcases the past and future technological advancements that continue to elevate how we express ourselves in the metaverse.
| October 21, 2021 -
RDC 2021: Updates on Roblox’s Vision and the Path Forward
Roblox CTO Daniel Sturman gives a peek behind the curtain at our 2021 Roblox Developers Conference. In this article, he shares several exciting updates about the platform and revisits all of the advancements we’ve made throughout the year.
| October 14, 2021 -
Avatars and Identity in the Metaverse, Part 1
In Sanskrit, avatar (अवतार) refers to “an incarnation in human form.” In Roblox, few things reflect a user’s identity more directly than their avatar. As we’ll discover, there is no “standard” Roblox user, and the fantastical ae...
| October 13, 2021 -
Causal Inference Using Instrumental Variables
Data Scientists often find themselves repeating the mantra “Correlation is not causation.” It’s a good thing to remind our stakeholders — and ourselves — constantly because data can be treacherous, and because the human mind can’t help bu...
| September 27, 2021 -
Why a Generic Payment Platform Is Crucial for the Company You Plan to Become
You should think about adding a payment gateway in a generic way to enable scale and innovation to support your growing business.
| September 27, 2021 -
Introducing Age Verification
A new way for users to access innovative social capabilities and age-appropriate content while also ensuring the safety of our community.
| September 21, 2021 -
Celebrating Our 2021 Interns
Our intern class of 2021 has left their mark on the metaverse with fresh and innovative ideas that surpassed all expectations.
| September 09, 2021 -
The Future of Communication in the Metaverse
We believe that the metaverse is for everyone. It follows that the communication capabilities we create must also be for everyone.
| September 02, 2021 -
Express Yourself with Display Names
Use the name you want. Here’s how.
| June 28, 2021 -
Improving Front-End Memory Usage by 30x on Carousel Loading
In Q2 of 2020, we had a tech refactor on the experiences page, rewriting into React and consuming REST API. But during the implementation, we found an interesting problem. There are around 20 carousels on the experiences page, each with at least 60 t...
| May 27, 2021 -
Type Inference in Luau
Since 2006, Roblox developers have been using the Lua programming language to create games and interactive experiences on Roblox. Roblox developers come from all walks of life and all levels of experience and their creations are just as varied. Some ...
| May 11, 2021 -
Network Packet Loss & Latency Monitoring on Roblox Cloud
The Roblox Network Engineering team maintains a large, fast-growing network with data center and point of presence (POP) sites distributed across the globe. Delivering a great user experience on the Roblox platform is dependent on the performance and...
| April 08, 2021 -
Hack Week Returns for Another Innovative Year
Our first fully remote Hack Week brings 86 new projects from concept to creation.
| March 18, 2021 -
Creating a Robust Pipeline Cache with Vulkan
There are a lot of new concepts to learn when building a Vulkan renderer. Some of them are easier to deal with than others, and one of the more straightforward additions is the pipeline cache. To make sure pipeline creation is as efficient as possibl...
| February 25, 2021