Use this virtual-reality calculation for a first-order display, optics, tracking, rendering, or latency estimate when all stages and units are explicitly defined.

Horizontal Degrees (deg)

Required number in deg.

Vertical Degrees (deg)

Required number in deg.

The cited overview of Field of view supplies background for the terminology and domain context used by this tool.^[1]

Diagonal field-of-view angle for a rectangular symmetric frustum from horizontal and vertical full angles. Inputs are interpreted exactly in the displayed units and the calculation returns the following fields without presentation rounding.

Diagonal Degrees (deg)

Returned number in deg.

• Lens calibration, per-eye geometry, display scanout, asynchronous pipelines, tracking filters, workload variation, user anatomy, and device firmware can make measured VR behavior differ from a serial model.
• Horizontal Degrees must be at least 0.
• Vertical Degrees must be at least 0.
• Use finite inputs in the displayed units, preserve source measurements and assumptions, and independently verify consequential decisions.

Validate the estimate on the target headset with calibrated motion, optical, frame-timing, and latency measurements under a representative workload.

• Horizontal Field of View Calculator

  Convert a vertical field of view and aspect ratio into the horizontal field of view of a headset display.

• Vertical Field of View Calculator

  Convert a horizontal field of view and aspect ratio into the vertical field of view of a headset display.

• Resolution From Ppd Fov

  Minimum integer horizontal pixel count for a target nominal pixels-per-degree and horizontal field of view.