World space support status?

[bdovaz]

I see that it has been several years since UI Toolkit development started and to this day it is still not at least 1:1 with respect to uGUI.

Not having this possibility makes us unable to create interfaces in VR.

Are you working on it? If so, when is it expected? Months? Years?

Thanks.

[antoine-unity]

I think the general concern of parity with UGUI is addressed by this thread:

When Will UI Toolkit Have Feature and Performance Parity with uGUI?

The truth is that I am quite disappointed by all this… The first mention in the UI Toolkit documentation dates back to 2017.1.x: https://docs.unity3d.com/2017.1/Documentation/Manual/UIElements.html We are in 2022 and we will still have to wait until 2025 minimum to have an LTS version with runtime functionality. Not to mention at least reaching 1:1 parity with uGUI which should be a priority in order to adopt it as soon as possible. I know it is not up to you because you have the resources …

We are currently not working on World Space. We can’t give an exact date as when it is to be expected, but yes we are talking in terms of years before this is available.

Although work for it isn’t in progress, it is definitely in the back of our minds. Some of the rendering architecture is ready for it, but we’re gonna need to revisit some fundamental assumptions to make it happen.
UI Authoring is also a big concern. The UI Builder will need to evolve quite a bit to allow 3D authoring.

So while it’s not actually in progress, it’s something we have an eye on and we frequently talk about its priority relative to other improvements or features.