Roblox Acquires Morpheus AI to Build Photorealistic Worlds
The acquisition signals Roblox's shift toward AI-generated visual fidelity while keeping its game engine responsible for logic and multiplayer sync, a hybrid approach that could reshape how user-generated worlds are built on the platform.
Reporting from 1 sources: 4Gamer.net.
Roblox Corporation announced the acquisition of Morpheus AI, a real-time video generation specialist, and the addition of founders from Dynamics Lab and Lucid AI. The company aims to create "Roblox Reality," a hybrid system that combines an AI video model with its game engine to produce photorealistic, multiplayer worlds at 4K 60Hz performance.
Roblox Corporation said it has acquired Morpheus AI, a company focused on real-time video generation models, and brought in the founders of Dynamics Lab and Lucid AI. The goal is a system called Roblox Reality, which blends an AI video model with Roblox's existing game engine. The AI handles textures, lighting, and physics, while the game engine manages long-term memory, consistent logic, and multiplayer synchronization. Roblox said the hybrid configuration aims to deliver photorealistic, playable worlds at 4K resolution and 60Hz. The video model is being moved to data centers with NVIDIA H200 and B200 GPUs.
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