Roblox: The Metaverse Before the Metaverse
Depending on who you ask, some forms of metaverse are already here, and there might not be any greater example of that than Roblox. Now, the company says it’s expanding its idea of the metaverse by providing users and developers more tools to create experiences on their own terms with an emphasis on safety. In a recent interview with CNBC, Roblox CEO David Baszucki bragged that his company’s business model predicted the metaverse 17 years ago.
As of April, Roblox had over 203 million monthly active users constantly engaged in a digital second life. The company’s platform has ushered in one of the most successfully realized proto-metaverse, though it lacks most of the future-facing VR and AR effects.
