Unity-Technologies/VolumetricLighting

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A Unity library of lighting effects from the Adam demo, providing volumetric fog, area lights, and tube lights implemented with compute shaders. It adds physically-inspired light scattering and soft shadow rendering to Unity scenes.

Use cases

• add volumetric fog to a Unity scene
• render area lights with soft shadows in Unity
• create tube light effects for cinematic rendering
• simulate light scattering through fog
• achieve cinematic lighting like the Adam demo

When to choose

• you need volumetric fog or area/tube lights in Unity
• you target DX11/DX12 or Metal with compute shader support
• you want reference implementations of advanced lighting techniques

When to avoid

• you need a maintained, up-to-date solution for recent Unity versions
• you need physically accurate area light shadows
• your target platform lacks compute shader support

Facets

library · maturity maintenance

graphics simulation graphics windows game-engine cpp unity volumetric-fog area-lights shaders rendering compute-shaders game-development macos

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