It’s one thing to have everyone on Zoom, but it’s very different to have 2,700 people feel like we’re all in the same place … to walk around and have all of that social stuff. “Say we want to have a Roblox company meeting with 2,700 people. We can pretend we’re in the office together. In 3D simulation we can play hide and seek but we can also get a high school diploma or walk down the aisle. The next wave is 3D simulation communication.
A lot of the things that people are starting to build on Roblox are very positive things for the world.”īaszucki said: “When we take a step back and we look at the history of technology, we believe it’s much bigger than gaming. He added: “How do we communicate? How do we stay connected? I’m optimistic about the direction we’re going – around civility, safe communication and around learning with your friends. It can also mean you and I hanging out and communicating in a virtual environment and doing some of the things we do in the real world.” It can mean you and I consuming short form videos. “When we say social media, we mean a lot of things,” he said. Speaking on The Verge’s Decoder podcast, he shied away from using the word ‘metaverse’, but he is clearly a believer in digital-social spaces where people gather to enjoy fun activities. Roblox CEO David Baszucki says he has a bullish outlook for digital social spaces – aka metaverses – and expects that non-gaming activities will be key drivers of growth in the near future.
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