What Is Field of View (FoV)?
FoV is the angle (in degrees) of the game world visible on screen. A wider FoV shows more around you but makes targets look smaller and farther away. A narrower FoV zooms in but hides peripheral threats. Every FPS engine measures FoV slightly differently - some report horizontal, some vertical, and CoD famously reports 4:3 horizontal even on 16:9 monitors. This calculator converts between all of them.