It'll "require a fair amount of expensive compute" out of the gate, CEO admits Image credit: Roblox Welcome to the Roblox Reality, say the makers of Roblox. That sounds a bit terrifying, I respond. Don't worry, it's the name of some AI-powered upscaling tech we've just started showing off, the Roblox makers reassure me. It can make our game's blocky characters and environments look photorealisic, they add. Ah, I say, could you explain that to me via a blog post full of complex techno/marketing babble? Watch on YouTube Sure, say the Roblox makers, here's one which uses the phrase "a major step in democratizing creation". It also provides the following outline of how this Roblox Reality tech works: The Roblox Reality hybrid architecture divides responsibilities between the Roblox Game Engine and the Roblox Video World Model. The Roblox Game Engine handles the structured and logical aspects of the world, providing stable long-term memory, symbolic logic, and repeatable simulation.…