The Unity roadmap for 2022
summary
Unity announces a 2021 LTS shipping in April with stability and Editor workflow fixes, Visual Scripting and faster PSD import, Editor search and device simulator improvements, and platform tweaks like Apple Silicon and WebGL using Emscripten 2. URP gains Forward+ rendering, custom post FX and TAA while HDRP adds material variants and PS5 ray tracing. DOTS ships ECS 0.50 now with a goal of ECS 1.0 by end of 2022, ECS 0.50 released, and Netcode for GameObjects plus the Boss Room demo on GitHub.
AI-written summary · about
chapters (21)
- 0:00Welcome
- 1:102021 LTS highlights
- 4:05Quality and accessibility
- 5:51LTS vs Tech Streams
- 8:26Editor productivity
- 9:49Package Manager updates
- 13:24Asset Pipeline enhancements
- 14:56UI Toolkit extensibility
- 16:47URP/HDRP rendering
- 20:27HDRP production readiness
- 23:04World building tools
- 24:58Lighting techniques demo
- 27:262D graphics enhancements
- 30:40Performance insights DOTS
- 32:30ECS 1.0 roadmap
- 33:58Netcode multiplayer
- 36:03Platform optimization
- 37:51Mobile desktop improvements
- 38:55XR OpenXR support
- 40:012022 features summary
- 41:10Q&A
related talks
50mUnity GDC Showcase 2021
07mUnity 2018 (nested prefabs & more)
10mThe future of Unity (Entity Component System & Performance)
44mUnity 5.0 Overview
29mWhat's new for Unity developers on macOS
49mUnity visionOS Development: A Comprehensive Guide
08mCodemotion Berlin 2019 I Ciro Continisio, Lead Evangelist, EMEA - Unity Technologies (Interview)
56mUnity for the enterprise developer