April 25, 2019
GPU Instancing
Tutorials for Unity
Youtube – GPU Instancing Tutorial (No, Seriously, This Is Easy)
By: Craig Perko
Youtube – [Unity] GPU Instancing Tutorial
By: Blendcraft Creations
Youtube – Unity3D – 2 Minute Tips – Use GPU Instancing to reduce drawcalls when batching won’t
By: Unity3d College
Youtube – GPU Instancer – Features Showcase
By: GurBu Technologies
I am starting a project in class that is potentially looking to instantiate a lot of flower objects in Unity, so I wanted to take a look at GPU instancing and see if this was a practical solution for us if we ended up going down this route. If not, this is still a good opportunity for me to get a taste of working on purposefully passing certain information to the GPU and using it for specific tasks.
The first three videos are direct tutorials showing how to set this up or how to use it, while the last one is an already made asset in the Unity Asset Store showcasing a very strong GPU Instancing heavy asset and some of its capabilities. I think the final one is nice to have to at least show some of the more interesting capabilities this can lead to.