Blog
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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 -
Real Time Facial Animation for Avatars
Our deep learning framework for regressing facial animation controls from video that both addresses challenges and opens us up to a number of future opportunities.
| March 22, 2022 -
Designing a Mouse Pointer for a Digital Metaverse
How Roblox designs mouse pointers for a seamless virtual experience.
| February 01, 2022 -
2021 Year in Review — A Letter from Our CEO
It’s been an extraordinary year for our global Roblox community of users, developers, and employees. We continued to advance our technology to enable deeper forms of communication, immersion, and expression in line with our vision to reimagine the ...
| January 24, 2022 -
Roblox Return to Service 10/28-10/31 2021
Starting October 28th and fully resolving on October 31st, Roblox experienced a 73-hour outage.
| January 20, 2022 -
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