Roblox Corp Working On System for Detecting Counterfeit Items
Alongside the recent trend of creative sandbox games like Minecraft sweeping the world of gaming, Roblox has stood as one of the most popular games in the world thanks to the creative freedom it gives its players. Developers have used the platform to create stunning homages to iconic franchises like Sonic and create robust experiences in a vast array of different styles all within the same platform. However, as with any massively popular online game, the game has suffered its fair share of trials and tribulations.
Roblox's time in the spotlight has not been without plenty of scrutiny based not only on the massive size of the game's player base, but also its main demographic. Last year saw the discovery of a major error within Roblox's security that may have seen millions of users' information compromised, and the online platform has frequently been criticized by players as being an unsafe environment for younger developers based on the company's game-hosting policy. Cheating has also consistently been a problem within Roblox, though a new patent filed by RobloxCorp may look to address this issue.
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The patent filed by Roblox Corp would provide the company with a way to automatically detect the status of items held by players, labeling those items as counterfeit or genuine so the company can identify players with counterfeit items. This system would allow Roblox to crack down on designers stealing 3D assets by not only detecting counterfeit 3D objects, but also detecting players possessing multiple 2D assets with different viewpoints of a 3D item. The system would look to flag these items as counterfeit, with a further punishment from Roblox to follow.
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