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Runway's App Studio and Solaris world model

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Latest: Runway Launches App Studio No-Code Builder and Solaris Interface World Model

App Studio lowers the barrier to building AI-powered creative tools by removing any coding requirement. Solaris represents a different approach to software interfaces, generating what a screen should look like after each user action rather than executing underlying code.

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Runway launched App Studio, a no-code feature that converts plain-language descriptions into working creative applications powered by Runway's image, video, and audio models. Apps can incorporate Brand Kits for consistent branding and can be used by individuals or shared across entire teams, with no coding required. In a separate development, Runway co-CEO Anastasis Germanidis presented Solaris, an experimental interface world model that generates software screens frame by frame rather than rendering from HTML and CSS. The resulting interface responds to clicks, drags, and typing like a conventional app, and Germanidis said the underlying world-model approach could also apply to games and robotics.

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Runway announced App Studio, a no-code feature that converts plain-language descriptions into working apps powered by its image, video, and audio models, with support for Brand Kits and team sharing.

Separately, Runway co-CEO Anastasis Germanidis presented Solaris, an experimental interface world model that generates software screens frame by frame rather than rendering from HTML and CSS, producing an interface that responds to clicks, drags, and typing. Germanidis said the world-model approach could also extend to games and robotics.

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