The Basics of Dot Product in Unity URP. Vectors, Angles, and Lighting! ✔️ 2021.1 | Game Dev Tutorial
✔️ Works in 2020.3 ➕ 2021.1
The Dot Product is a useful vector function which has many uses in shaders and gameplay programming. You can use it to calculate lighting, know when a projectile has reached it's apex, or calculate when a creature sees an object. In this video, I'll show you how to use it in various ways!
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⏲️ Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:13 The math
1:26 Using it in Unity
1:47 Lighting
2:18 Physics
2:41 Field of view
3:13 Wrap up and credits
🎖️ Credits and references:
• MarkGX: Drag a GameObject with the mouse - https://answers.unity.com/questions/1...
• Astigmatic: Special Elite font - https://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/sp...
• iblendit: Low Poly Rocket - https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/low-p...
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