field of view

[ feeld uhv vyoo ]

noun

1. Optics. field ( def 13 ).
2. Digital Technology. the portion of the game environment or game world that is visible at any given time, especially in a first-person video game where a player’s view is meant to mimic that of the player character: : FOV

   Rotate the game camera to keep those enemies in your field of view.

Word History and Origins

Origin of field of view¹

First recorded in 1805–15

Example Sentences

As satellites whiz past the field of view of telescopes, they leave streaks in the astronomers’ images.

From Los Angeles Times

What works in a game played on a mobile phone might not work on AR glasses, which offer a wider field of view and don’t rely so heavily on hands to play.

From Los Angeles Times

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

From Salon

The detection capability can be further enhanced for telescopes with a wide field of view because of the expansive angular distribution of signal flux within such a planet laboratory.

From Science Daily

Moving forward, the two telescopes’ fields of view at any given moment may overlap by less than 20%, according to a 2019 estimate anticipating this event from a Hubble advisory committee.

From Science Magazine