Roblox is building a metaverse around its players

Roblox is trying to build a virtual world that rivals our own. During the GamesBeat Summit Next event today, Roblox chief of technology Dan Sturman explained how the company plans to do that by designing a metaverse that caters to player’s needs. The platform wants to empower its community with tools that facilitate a safe atmosphere while providing tools to maintain relationships just as they exist in real life.

The first thing Sturman emphasized is the importance of real-time interaction. Roblox is known for its ability to connect players together in virtual online spaces, and the development wants to build its metaverse by maintaining and expanding on this functionality. Another key, according to Sturman, is the ability for people to find activities to do with other players in real-time. Those activities should also appeal to a wide range of age groups and different demographics.