If you’re working on a game (or other real-time simulation) that requires the most efficient CPU usage possible, then Unity’s Data Oriented Technology Stack (DOTS) is a great way to get the performance you need. However, to use DOTS successfully, you can’t simply grab the API documentation and dive straight in. Before you begin creating a project with DOTS you must understand the following: The fundamental concepts of data-oriented design Data-oriented design in Unity The best practice advice in this guide Data-oriented design (DOD) is a big change from the object-oriented programming (OOP) that many developers have spent their whole careers working with. This means that the learning curve for DOTS might be steep, and there are a lot of pitfalls that might stop you from getting the performance benefits you hope for. This Best Practice Guide contains advice to help avoid those pitfalls. Sections 1 and 2 of this guide explain the fundamental knowledge you need to understand before starting to build DOTS applications, and the biggest obstacles to achieving good performance. Later sections contain techniques that you can use to squeeze even more performance out of the technology, but you must have a fundamental understanding of the basics to get good use out of them. NOTE: This guide is not intended to be a comprehensive tutorial to all aspects of building a DOTS-based application. The primary focus of this guide is to help you obtain the best possible runtime performance in code written using the DOTS packages, with a particular focus on the Entity Component System. As such, there are many topics which fall outside the scope of this guide and are not covered in detail or mentioned at all. Here is an incomplete list of topics which aren’t covered here: In-depth discussion of features which were primarily used in older, experimental versions of the Entities package, such as SystemBase and Entities.ForEach() How to use the Baking system to author and convert entity data How to create and use BlobAssets to represent memory-ready, read-only data Some newer convenience features such as Aspects. Aspects can help to simplify complex entity queries but come with an additional runtime performance cost. This feature is under active development and may be featured in future versions of this guide. Packages which supplement ECS but which are not a core part of DOTS, such as Entities Graphics, Unity Physics, Havok Physics for Unity, and Netcode For Entities

In physical reality, the shape, layout, and physical materials of your environment affect how sound reaches your ears. In this tutorial, we'll explore how to use audio spatializer plug-ins to match your VR audio to the visual experience.

Quite often, you’ll find yourself with a model that has too many polygons for your project. To make this model work within an engine, it often has to be retopologized to a much lower polygon count so it doesn’t crash and burn during the rendering process. Retopology involves taking a model that has too high a polygon count and reducing the count without reducing the quality. There are several ways to do this, from manually to using automatic tools.

In this workflow, we will create new geometry with the Quad Draw Tool by placing vertices and drawing polygons directly on the reference mesh. We will use hotkeys to access enhanced functions of the Quad Draw Tool. In the process, we will demonstrate best practices for modeling and retopologizing that will help you with creating an object model.

Rendering graphics in Unity is a complex task. This guide provides a better understanding of the underlying concepts related to rendering, and best practices for reducing the rendering workload on the GPU.

In this tutorial, we'll explore how to implement UI in VR so that it’s comfortable and immersive for your users. We'll look at in-world versions of traditional UI, as well as look back at how we can use Interactable Events with 3D objects, such as buttons and switches, for in-world interaction that never breaks immersion.

In this tutorial, we'll explore how to implement UI in VR so that it’s comfortable and immersive for your users. We'll look at in-world versions of traditional UI, as well as look back at how we can use Interactable Events with 3D objects, such as buttons and switches, for in-world interaction that never breaks immersion.

With purposeful organization, Unity projects can easily avoid becoming overwhelming and difficult to navigate. In this tutorial, you'll learn some best practices for keeping your projects organized.

In this tutorial, you will learn about the features and campaign types available on Unity's UA dashboard, including campaign setup, creative pack addition, targeting options, monitoring tools, and best practices for optimal performance.

In this project, you will learn the asset pipeline from Unity to Maya. You will work through a series of challenges to learn how to polish your assets in Maya as well as best practices for importing them back into Unity.