---
title: "Predicting Future Locations of Game Objects"
content_type: tutorial
url: "https://learn.unity.com/tutorial/predicting-future-locations-of-game-objects?language=en"
language: en
difficulty: intermediate
duration_minutes: 25
unity_version:
  - "2021.3"
supported_unity_versions:
  - name: "2021.3"
    url: "https://learn.unity.com/tutorial/predicting-future-locations-of-game-objects.md?language=en&version=2021.3"
last_updated: "2026-08-04T14:23:48.000Z"
---

# Predicting Future Locations of Game Objects

Learn to predict a GameObject’s future position based on its current motion in a game scenario.

In this tutorial students will learn how to predict where a game object will be in the future.

## Predicting Future Locations of Game Objects Part 1

[Video](https://connect-mediagw.unity.com/h1/20220905/videos/8c0501c9-8d7b-42be-bfd4-d0e4ef3a0219_S0304.mp4) ([Transcript (en)](https://connect-mediagw.unity.com/h1/20221010/2a956434-d153-433f-bd1f-f84fbdc0011a_S0304.vtt))

In this unit students will learn how to use velocity vectors to predict where a moving game object will be in the future.

## Predicting Future Locations of Game Objects Part 2

[Video](https://connect-mediagw.unity.com/h1/20220905/videos/cde70fb4-8a57-4c86-a64c-5a0fd033c793_S0305.mp4) ([Transcript (en)](https://connect-mediagw.unity.com/h1/20221010/ba3ca660-a0db-4adf-a67d-555bf23010c3_S0305.vtt))

In this lecture students will complete the code that works with a quadratic equation to predict the hit location between a projectile and enemy.