VisibilityCheck.cs

using UnityEngine;

public static class VisibilityCheck
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Counts the bounding box corners of the given RectTransform that are visible from the given Camera in screen space.
    /// </summary>
    /// <returns>The amount of bounding box corners that are visible from the Camera.</returns>
    /// <param name="rectTransform">Rect transform.</param>
    /// <param name="camera">Camera.</param>
    private static int CountCornersVisibleFrom(this RectTransform rectTransform, Camera camera)
    {
        Rect screenBounds = new Rect(0f, 0f, Screen.width, Screen.height); // Screen space bounds (assumes camera renders across the entire screen)
        Vector3[] objectCorners = new Vector3[4];
        rectTransform.GetWorldCorners(objectCorners);

        int visibleCorners = 0;
        Vector3 tempScreenSpaceCorner; // Cached
        for (var i = 0; i < objectCorners.Length; i++) // For each corner in rectTransform
        {
            tempScreenSpaceCorner = camera.WorldToScreenPoint(objectCorners[i]); // Transform world space position of corner to screen space
            if (screenBounds.Contains(tempScreenSpaceCorner)) // If the corner is inside the screen
            {
                visibleCorners++;
            }
        }
        return visibleCorners;
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Counts the bounding box corners of the given RectTransform that are visible from the given Camera in screen space.
    /// </summary>
    /// <returns>The amount of bounding box corners that are visible from the Camera.</returns>
    /// <param name="rectTransform">Rect transform.</param>
    /// <param name="camera">Camera.</param>
    private static int CountCornersVisibleOnScreen(this RectTransform rectTransform)
    {
        Rect screenBounds = new Rect(0f, 0f, Screen.width, Screen.height); // Screen space bounds (assumes camera renders across the entire screen)
        Vector3[] objectCorners = new Vector3[4];
        rectTransform.GetWorldCorners(objectCorners);

        int visibleCorners = 0;
        for (var i = 0; i < objectCorners.Length; i++) // For each corner in rectTransform
        {
            if (screenBounds.Contains(objectCorners[i])) // If the corner is inside the screen
            {
                visibleCorners++;
            }
        }
        return visibleCorners;
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Determines if this RectTransform is fully visible from the specified camera.
    /// Works by checking if each bounding box corner of this RectTransform is inside the cameras screen space view frustrum.
    /// </summary>
    /// <returns><c>true</c> if is fully visible from the specified camera; otherwise, <c>false</c>.</returns>
    /// <param name="rectTransform">Rect transform.</param>
    /// <param name="camera">Camera.</param>
    public static bool IsFullyVisibleFrom(this RectTransform rectTransform, Camera camera)
    {
        return CountCornersVisibleFrom(rectTransform, camera) == 4; // True if all 4 corners are visible
    }

    public static bool IsFullyVisibleOnScreen(this RectTransform rectTransform)
    {
        return CountCornersVisibleOnScreen(rectTransform) == 4; // True if all 4 corners are visible
    }

    public static bool IsVisibleOnScreen(this RectTransform rectTransform)
    {
        return CountCornersVisibleOnScreen(rectTransform) > 0; // True if all 4 corners are visible
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Determines if this RectTransform is at least partially visible from the specified camera.
    /// Works by checking if any bounding box corner of this RectTransform is inside the cameras screen space view frustrum.
    /// </summary>
    /// <returns><c>true</c> if is at least partially visible from the specified camera; otherwise, <c>false</c>.</returns>
    /// <param name="rectTransform">Rect transform.</param>
    /// <param name="camera">Camera.</param>
    public static bool IsVisibleFrom(this RectTransform rectTransform, Camera camera)
    {
        return CountCornersVisibleFrom(rectTransform, camera) > 0; // True if any corners are visible
    }
}