Apple wanted people to vibe code Vision Pro apps with Siri

Seeing people who aren’t developers create apps through vibe coding lately has reminded me of something from two years ago that bodes well for the future of Siri. Vibe coding is the term assigned to the process of building apps using AI by describing the app that you want to exist. Vibe coders need no prior knowledge of app development. AI tools like ChatGPT provide the expertise. Vibe coders just bring the vision. The thing that vibe coding reminded me of is a Wayne Ma report for The Information in January 2023. It ran under the headline “Apple Devising Software to Help Anyone Build AR Apps, to Drive Headset Sales.” Based on the report, it sure sounds like the Apple Vision Pro team under new Siri boss Mike Rockwell saw where AI was headed before vibe coding arrived. From the report at the time: With the software tools, Apple hopes that even people who don’t know computer code could tell the headset, via the Siri voice assistant, to build an AR app that could then be made available ... Read full article.