peripheral vision

noun

1. all that is visible to the eye outside the central area of focus; side vision.

Example Sentences

For one, the great Indian bustard has good peripheral vision but poor frontal vision, making it difficult for them to spot power lines until they fly too close to them.

From BBC

Their eyes, placed on either side of their head, give them a wide field of view and scary-good peripheral vision.

From Salon

If you're looking for a visual, imagine the horse that has the blinders on, and he's not able to have any peripheral vision.

From Salon

And so what Greg was able to do was to take them out into the world and help them expand their vision, to help give them peripheral vision, and see that there's much more to life than the little problems that are consuming them in their actual lives.

From Salon

And once they’re out of the brightly lit center, they keep dancing, trading off moves in dim corners, limbs flickering in peripheral vision.

From Seattle Times