Imagine building friendships and conquering virtual worlds with players from anywhere on the globe, regardless of language! Roblox, the massive online gaming platform, just took a giant leap toward making that dream a reality. By implementing real-time AI chat translation, they’re breaking down communication barriers for their 70 million daily active users.
Developing this system wasn’t easy. Roblox said it wasn’t satisfied with off-the-shelf solutions. So to handle Roblox-specific slang like “obby” (obstacle course) and the 16 supported languages, the team built their own custom translation model. Translated conversations appear instantly in your own language with minimal delay. Want to see the original message? Just click the handy translation icon.
Roblox is also exploring translating text on images, textures, and even 3D models within the platform.
