peripheral vision

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The googly-eyed robots slow down near pedestrians and stop entirely if proximity becomes too close, emit a running sound for audibility, and use 360-degree lights at night to appear in the peripheral vision of humans.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026

"We've all had that moment of wandering into a club and scanning the room with your peripheral vision and being like, 'Are they there? Are they there?'" she says.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

It’s hard to not read those letters in your peripheral vision.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 6, 2025

In macular degeneration, the light-sensitive photoreceptor cells in the central retina deteriorate, leaving only limited peripheral vision.

From Science Daily • Oct. 22, 2025

And then it's over, and out of my peripheral vision I see everyone leaving, but I stay put.

From "Will Grayson, Will Grayson" by John Green and David Levithan