29 Jan 2026
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Mike Boland
AWE Talks: Can Vibe Coding Unleash XR Development?
Welcome back to AWE Talks, our series that revisits the best AWE conference sessions. With AWE EU 2025 concluded, we have a fresh batch of session footage to sink our teeth into for weeks to come.
We continue the action this week with a deep dive into one of the hottest topics in tech: vibe coding. But how does it apply to XR? Can devs streamline creation and cross-platform porting? Terry Schussler dives in.
See the summarized takeaways below, along with the full session video. Stay tuned for more video highlights each week and check out the full library of conference sessions on AWE’s YouTube Channel.
Speakers
Terry SCHUSSLER: Deutsche Telekom
Key Takeaways & Analysis
– We're hearing a lot about vibe coding these days as one of many areas AI is innovating.
– There's ample promise in the field to use AI to streamline developer workflows.
– But it's not without its drawbacks, as things can easily go awry with hallucinations.
– Keeping those opportunities and challenges in mind, how does it apply to XR?
– It could actually find a welcome home in XR development, due to XR's many rigors.
– For example, a small overall market necessitates cross-platform development.
– That in turn is a minefield of challenges given different devices and platforms.
– For example Vision Pro relies heavily on Swift, Reality Kit, and specific inputs.
– Android XR meanwhile relies on Unity, Android SDK, and its own set of inputs.
– AI can be a great tool to streamline the porting between these and other platforms.
– But again, there are often challenges in doing so... but they can be alleviated.
– For example, it requires a bit of prompt engineering to preempt hallucinations.
– Specificity is key here, prompting AI agents in ways that preclude code mishaps.
– There are also specific workflows and platform choices that are advised for XR devs.
– Schussler has done the hard work for you, and shared these best practices...
Choice Quotes
"AI doesn't just translate syntax. It translates concepts, anchors, gestures, gauge tracking, teleportation. These are platform independent ideas. But each platform implements them differently. AI understands that translation. It takes what was tedious, manual, error-prone discovery work and turns it into an automated, repeatable workflow."
"That's where AI tools shine. They excel on well-structured projects. Hand an agentic system a cleanly modularized codebase and it can adapt your experience to new platforms in days instead of months."
"The teams that win in spatial computing won't be the ones with the biggest budgets. They'll be the ones with the smartest architectures and the willingness to let AI handle the mechanical translation work."
"Specificity prevents hallucination."
"Ambiguity leads to junk. Know what you want, or get there through iteration."
For more color and depth, see the full session below...
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