Abstract: The invention relates to a method for measuring the visual field of a person by means of a device, comprising the following steps: displaying a visually detectable test spot on a surface display of the device, which surface display is viewed by the person by means of an eye of the person, wherein a spatial position of the head of the person remains unchanged with respect to the surface display; moving the test spot on the surface display by means of the device along a path during a measurement pass and activating an interaction means of the device by the person if the displayed test spot stops being visible or becomes visible again to the person at a current position during the movement of the test spot along the path, wherein, by activating the interaction means, the device is prompted to store the particular current position and any associated information from which it can be derived whether the test spot has stopped being visible or has become visible again for the person at the current position; and displ