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Inside the Tech is a blog series that accompanies our Tech Talks Podcast. In episode 20 of the podcast, The Evolution of Roblox Avatars, Roblox CEO David Baszucki spoke with Senior Director of Engineering Kiran Bhat, Senior Director of Product Mahesh Ramasubramanian, and Principal Product Manager Effie Goenawan, about the future of immersive communication through […]
Continue ReadingInside the Tech is a blog series that accompanies our Tech Talks Podcast. In episode 20 of the podcast, Avatars & Self-Expression, Roblox CEO David Baszucki spoke with Senior Director of Engineering Kiran Bhat, Senior Director of Product Mahesh Ramasubramanian, and Principal Product Manager Effie Goenawan, about the future of immersive communication through avatars and […]
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This was a big year for Roblox. We made great progress toward our vision of reimagining the way people come together by building innovative technologies that enable richer forms of communication, creation, and immersion. During Q3* of this year, we saw 70.2 million daily active users on Roblox, which was up 20 percent from the […]
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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 approximately 36,000 as of June 30, 2021 to nearly 145,000 today. Supporting these […]
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Abstract Every day on Roblox, 65.5 million users engage with millions of experiences, totaling 14.0 billion hours quarterly. This interaction generates a petabyte-scale data lake, which is enriched for analytics and machine learning (ML) purposes. It’s resource-intensive to join fact and dimension tables in our data lake, so to optimize this and reduce data shuffling, […]
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Join us November 9 from 9:30 – 10:30 AM PT for 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 building connections in digital worlds. That’s why we’ve […]
Continue ReadingInside the Tech is a blog series that goes hand-in-hand with our Tech Talks Podcast. In episode 19, International, Roblox CEO David Baszucki spoke with Zhen Fang, Head of International, about tackling automatic translation and multilingual search. In this edition of Inside the Tech, we talked with Engineering Manager Kyle Spence about some of the […]
Continue ReadingInside 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 challenges we’re solving to ensure a localized experience for tens of millions of people around the globe. […]
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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 for vibrant holiday celebrations, or a bridal party meeting up in a virtual […]
Continue ReadingToday I shared an update with our employees about the future of how we work together at Roblox. *** Dear Roblox Employees, Today we will be asking a number of our remote employees to begin working from our headquarters in San Mateo by next summer and transitioning away from remote work at Roblox. We did […]
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