Method for a computation unit for creating a presentation of a vehicle surroundings of a vehicle , comprising: - ascertaining in each case a first significant point for four lateral regions of the vehicle , which point describes the position of an object that is closest to this side of the vehicle and has a minimum distance from the associated side of the vehicle , - ascertaining in each case a second significant point for four corner regions of the vehicle , which point describes in each case the position of an object that is closest to the respective corner of the vehicle and has a minimum distance from the associated corner of the vehicle , wherein - the significant points are ascertained on the basis of a capturing operation of the surroundings of the vehicle carried out by a distance sensor system, - computing an envelope surrounding the vehicle , which is composed of four straight-line elements and of four curve elements , wherein • each of the straight-line elements lies in each case in one of the four lateral regions of the vehicle , and • each of the curve elements lies in each case in one of the four corner regions of the vehicle , wherein each of the curve elements describes a section of in each case one ellipse, wherein the centre of the ellipse, on which one of the curve elements lies, lies at a contact point of two adjacent lateral regions , wherein the envelope is computed such that it has a maximum distance from the vehicle and all significant points lie outside or on the envelope , and - capturing the vehicle surroundings in camera images and projecting the camera images onto a geometric projection surface in a virtual geometric space, which has wall regions that have a profile corresponding to the envelope . - ascertaining in each case a first significant point for four lateral regions of the vehicle , which point describes the position of an object that is closest to this side of the vehicle and has a minimum distance from the associated side of the vehicle , - ascertaining in each case a second significant point for four corner regions of the vehicle , which point describes in each case the position of an object that is closest to the respective corner of the vehicle and has a minimum distance from the associated corner of the vehicle , wherein - the significant points are ascertained on the basis of a capturing operation of the surroundings of the vehicle carried out by a distance sensor system, - computing an envelope surrounding the vehicle , which is composed of four straight-line elements and of four curve elements , wherein • each of the straight-line elements lies in each case in one of the four lateral regions of the vehicle , and • each of the curve elements lies in each case in one of the four corner regions of the vehicle , wherein each of the curve elements describes a section of in each case one ellipse, wherein the centre of the ellipse, on which one of the curve elements lies, lies at a contact point of two adjacent lateral regions , wherein the envelope is computed such that it has a maximum distance from the vehicle and all significant points lie outside or on the envelope , and • each of the straight-line elements lies in each case in one of the four lateral regions of the vehicle , and • each of the curve elements lies in each case in one of the four corner regions of the vehicle , wherein each of the curve elements describes a section of in each case one ellipse, wherein the centre of the ellipse, on which one of the curve elements lies, lies at a contact point of two adjacent lateral regions , - capturing the vehicle surroundings in camera images and projecting the camera images onto a geometric projection surface in a virtual geometric space, which has wall regions that have a profile corresponding to the envelope . <EOS>