"Google today announced a new(ish) programmer's development environment called Antigravity. The company calls it "a new era in AI-assisted software development." And, from a first look I took at its functionality via this video, it well might be. At least for some things. Also: Google's Gemini 3 is finally here and it's smarter, faster, and free to access Some aspects of Antigravity are definitely astonishingly good. It has some features that I think can truly help move your agent-assisted programming forward in very productive ways."
"But let's bring this announcement back to earth for a minute. Although the company never mentioned it in its blog announcement or online demos, Antigravity is a fork of Microsoft's open-source VS Code. You can tell from the screenshots I pulled from the demo. This is not a bad thing. In fact, I think it's fairly fantastic, because it means that while Google is adding some powerful new agentic features, it's all wrapped up in an environment most coders are very familiar with."
Antigravity is a programmer's development environment focused on AI-assisted software development. The environment is a fork of Microsoft's open-source VS Code, providing immediate familiarity and compatibility with existing plugins. Agentic features enable workflows that use screenshots, screen recordings, and browser testing to supply contextual information to agents. Antigravity can take its own screenshots and capture screen recordings to feed agent workflows. The design aims to accelerate agent-assisted programming by combining powerful AI capabilities with a familiar editor interface. Certain features are described as astonishingly effective at improving productivity for specific coding tasks.
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