One of the key points of differentiation for AR glasses is Field of View (FOV). It can be hard to understand what each headset feels like from a FOV perspective. In this post, I compare the FOV on the Hololens, DAQRI smart glasses and the Meta 2 by tracing and cutting out a piece of cardboard an arm’s length away.
Please note that this method is NOT scientific and there are bound to be inaccuracies based on how far the cardboard was when I traced the edges. The Meta 2 FOV was especially difficult to trace and will have more error than the others. The goal is to provide a general idea of what the FOV of each device feels like.
Microsoft Hololens : 30 X 17 degree FOV , implies 34.5 degree FOV diagonally, aspect ratio 16:9
DAQRI Smart Glasses: 44 Degree Diagonal FOV. Aspect ratio appears to be 21:9
Meta 2: 90 Degree FOV (this headset was most difficult to measure, my arm is a bit closer to my body in this picture which implies that the FOV is even larger when compared with the other two headsets)
Each cardboard cutout compared to a 9.7inch iPad pro
