How to Use field of view in a Sentence
field of view
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The shorter the focal length, the wider the field of view.
—Jen McCaffery, Popular Science, 21 June 2023
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The field of view on the Quest 3 is slightly wider than on the Quest 2.
—WIRED, 27 Sep. 2023
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But a deer’s eyes are on the sides of its face, which creates a much wider field of view.
—Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 6 July 2023
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Compare that to, say, the Hubble Space Telescope, which has a field of view that is just 1/12th the size of the moon.
—Georgina Torbet, The Verge, 4 July 2023
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The smaller and closer to the dot that the circle becomes, the more narrow your field of view.
—Katherine Alex Beaven, Travel + Leisure, 17 Jan. 2024
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The field of view is 410 microns wide, about size of a sugar crystal.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 4 May 2023
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The 2023 Accord comes with a new camera and radar package that both have wider fields of view.
—Andrew Beckford, USA TODAY, 5 Sep. 2023
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The brow over the dashboard makes for a shallow windshield, and the stocky A-pillars stretch forward into the field of view.
—Joe Lorio, Car and Driver, 5 Apr. 2023
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In the telescope’s field of view, Andromeda was a giant.
—WIRED, 12 Nov. 2023
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But those drones cost more than this one, and with narrower fields of view: they weren’t made to let you first-person-swoop through the air.
—Sean Hollister, The Verge, 11 Apr. 2024
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Shortly before 8 o’clock as the sun was getting low, the tiny white beauty appeared in my scope field of view.
—Taylor Piephoff, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
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And some of the mirrors will be able to adjust their shape 2,000 times a second, to keep star images crisp over a field of view two-thirds the size of a full moon.
—Dennis Overbye Marcos Zegers, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2023
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The one on the left is designed for long range with a narrow field of view, whereas the one on the right will operate at short range with a wide field of view.
—Michael Watts, IEEE Spectrum, 20 Aug. 2023
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The secret sauce of the $1.5 billion Euclid mission is its ability to view the Universe with a wide field of view.
—Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 8 Nov. 2023
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The center of your field of view is optimized for seeing color, but the rest of your retina is made to pick up faint light.
—Nicole Clausing, Sunset Magazine, 23 Jan. 2023
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Its 360° all-round field of view allows panoramic vision.
—Hilary Tetenbaum, USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2024
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Engineers had to roll the Solar Orbiter 45 degrees to get Parker in its field of view.
—WIRED, 20 Sep. 2023
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Its stars can be glimpsed in a telescope’s same field of view as small, diffuse patches of light northwest of Dubhe in the Big Dipper.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
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There are two forms of measurement for field of view: angular and linear.
—Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 28 June 2023
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The trainee wears the glasses, which project what the person is seeing onto a transparent frame that overlays Ghazi’s hands onto the field of view.
—Melissa Rudy, Fox News, 21 June 2023
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The field of view could be wider, and there should be more unique interactions with other Apple devices.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 24 Feb. 2024
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Rather than closing one eye to look at the stars through a telescope, get a full field of view with these giant binoculars designed for the heavens.
—Kevin Cortez, Popular Mechanics, 5 June 2023
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Meanwhile, the field of view is wide enough to keep an eye on packages during the day and DoorDash deliveries in the evening (thanks to night vision mode).
—Brenda Stolyar, WIRED, 11 July 2023
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The curved lens means swimmers have a wide field of view and feel more confident swimming underwater.
—Ambrosia V. Brody, Parents, 14 Mar. 2024
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Its large sensor and field of view captures more light and view of your space to create a professional look that hasn’t been matched by the competition.
—Hunter Fenollol, Popular Mechanics, 31 May 2023
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The northern lights cover a fairly large part of the sky and looking through an optical instrument will just limit your field of view too much.
—Nicole Clausing, Sunset Magazine, 11 Oct. 2023
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Background stars and galaxies populate the field of view and peek through the nebula of gas and dust that has been ejected from the aging massive star to span 10 light-years across space.
—Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 12 July 2023
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On the other hand, lower magnification allows for a wider field of view.
—Amanda Oliver, Field & Stream, 21 Mar. 2024
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Elden Ring runs weirdly well on the Steam Deck, but playing a game that deep, requiring split-second timing, a lot of menus, and a huge field of view, never feels fully right on the Deck.
—Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 28 Apr. 2023
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In addition to its ergonomic design, the headset features a wide 120-degree field of view and 5K clarity.
—Lauren Wellbank, Parents, 8 May 2024
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