Compute Shaders in Unity, Step by Step @git-amend
Compute Shaders in Unity, Step by Step  @git-amend
Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 5 days ago
Compute Shader workflows aren’t just for visual effects — they’re a powerful way to express large amounts of parallel work, and in this video we build a practical Unity example to explore how Dispatch lets the GPU handle thousands of calculations at once.

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▬ Contents of this video ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬

0:00 Compute Shader
2:29 URP Render Shader
4:52 Controller
10:45 Adding Color
12:18 Follow Target

*Source code:* gist.github.com/adammyhre/81746e720b83c12c98829b22c3c7e7a8

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