Blog
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How We’re Making Roblox’s Infrastructure More Efficient and Resilient
As Roblox has grown over the past 16+ years, so has the scale and complexity of the technical infrastructure that supports millions of immersive 3D co-experiences. The number of machines we support has more than tripled over the past two years, from ...
| December 07, 2023 -
How Roblox Reduces Spark Join Query Costs With Machine Learning Optimized Bloom Filters
Abstract Every day on Roblox, 70 million users engage with millions of experiences, totaling 16 billion hours quarterly. This interaction generates a petabyte-scale data lake, which is enriched for analytics and machine learning (ML) purposes. It’s...
| November 28, 2023 -
Insights From Our Latest Digital Expression, Fashion & Beauty Trends Report
Watch our virtual expert panel “What’s Next in Digital Self-Expression?” for a deep dive into this year’s trends. Self-expression is a vital part of many people’s experiences in immersive 3D spaces—especially Gen Z, who are growing up bui...
| November 09, 2023 -
Inside the Tech – Solving for Multilingual & Semantic Search
Inside the Tech is a blog series that accompanies our Tech Talks Podcast. In episode 19 of the podcast, International, Roblox CEO David Baszucki spoke with Product Senior Director Zhen Fang about Roblox’s International strategy, and the technical c...
| November 07, 2023 -
Reimagining How People Come Together Through Communication, Connection, and Expression
Imagine being at a packed Chainsmokers concert. Up front, the music is infectious and loud, and it’s hard to hear friends. But farther away from the band, it’s possible to talk with them. Or picture gathering with family members across the globe ...
| October 19, 2023 -
How Roblox Avatar Tech Is Evolving
We currently support two different tech stacks for avatars: A legacy tech stack (R6) that supports older avatars and experiences; and a newer tech stack (R15) that supports all avatar styles and capabilities. To ensure that any avatar style will work...
| October 17, 2023 -
Inside the Tech – Solving for Matchmaking on Roblox
Inside the Tech is a blog series that goes hand-in-hand with our Tech Talks Podcast. Here, we dive further into a key technical challenge we’re tackling and share the unique approaches we’re taking to do so. In this edition of Inside the Tech, we...
| October 11, 2023 -
Revolutionizing Creation on Roblox with Generative AI
Earlier this year, we shared our vision for generative artificial intelligence (AI) on Roblox and the intuitive new tools that will enable every user to become a creator. As these tools evolve rapidly across the industry, I wanted to provide some upd...
| September 11, 2023 -
RDC 2023: Where Roblox is going next
Our ninth annual Roblox Developers Conference (RDC) kicked off today at the Fort Mason Center in San Francisco. Every year, this event brings the most innovative creators from across our global community together to connect with one another and learn...
| September 08, 2023 -
Roblox to Present 3D Motion and Rendering Research at SIGGRAPH 2023
We’re proud to share our innovations at ACM SIGGRAPH 2023, the premier conference for computer graphics and interactive techniques, taking place Aug. 6-10 in Los Angeles.
| July 25, 2023 -
Our Vision for the Roblox Economy
Since our earliest days, Roblox’s economy has been driven by our creators. Over the years, their ingenuity has made our economy vibrant and dynamic, and by 2022, our platform’s GDP1 had grown to become as large as that of some countries. Picture ...
| July 18, 2023 -
Introducing Experiences for People 17 and Older
Our goal has always been to build an immersive platform for communication and connection with safety and civility at its foundation. Roblox is a platform for all ages where no matter how old people are, they can connect with friends and discover a wi...
| June 20, 2023 -
Our Vision for All Ages
At Roblox, we are building an immersive platform for communication and connection, with safety and civility at its foundation, that simulates the real world. In real life, people visit places designed for all ages every day, from theme parks to city ...
| May 17, 2023 -
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 -
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