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	* '''NVIDIA / UNC Holographic HMD (2017):''' Researchers from NVIDIA and the University of North Carolina demonstrated a holographic near-eye display using a high-resolution (2k x 2k) phase-only SLM. It achieved real-time hologram synthesis on a GPU at 90 Hz over an 80° FoV, showcasing the potential of holography for accurate wavefront reconstruction and focus cues, while also highlighting the associated computational challenges and speckle issues.<ref name="Maimone2017" />		* '''NVIDIA / UNC Holographic HMD (2017):''' Researchers from NVIDIA and the University of North Carolina demonstrated a holographic near-eye display using a high-resolution (2k x 2k) phase-only SLM. It achieved real-time hologram synthesis on a GPU at 90 Hz over an 80° FoV, showcasing the potential of holography for accurate wavefront reconstruction and focus cues, while also highlighting the associated computational challenges and speckle issues.<ref name="Maimone2017" />
	* '''Avegant Light Field Technology (2017 onwards):''' Avegant demonstrated mixed reality display prototypes based on providing multiple simultaneous focal planes (reportedly 2–3 planes) within an approximately 40° FoV, aiming to address VAC in AR.<ref name="AvegantBlog2017">Avegant (2017, March 16). Avegant Introduces Light Field Technology For Mixed Reality Experiences. PR Newswire. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/avegant-introduces-light-field-technology-for-mixed-reality-300423855.html</ref>		* '''Avegant Light Field Technology (2017 onwards):''' Avegant demonstrated mixed reality display prototypes based on providing multiple simultaneous focal planes (reportedly 2–3 planes) within an approximately 40° FoV, aiming to address VAC in AR.<ref name="AvegantBlog2017">Avegant (2017, March 16). Avegant Introduces Light Field Technology For Mixed Reality Experiences. PR Newswire. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/avegant-introduces-light-field-technology-for-mixed-reality-300423855.html</ref>
	* '''[[Magic Leap]] One (2018):''' Launched as the "Creator Edition", this was the first widely marketed commercial AR HMD explicitly referencing lightfield concepts (using the term "photonic lightfield chip"). Its actual implementation relied on [[Waveguide (optics)\|waveguides]] presenting imagery at two fixed focal planes (approximately 0.5m and infinity), offering a limited form of multifocal display rather than a full lightfield, over a diagonal FoV of about 50°.<ref name="MagicLeapSpecs">Hamilton, I. (2018, August 15). Magic Leap One Creator ~~Edition—In‑depth~~ review. ''UploadVR''. Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20180816062346/https://uploadvr.com/magic-leap-one-review/</ref>		* '''[[Magic Leap]] One (2018):''' Launched as the "Creator Edition", this was the first widely marketed commercial AR HMD explicitly referencing lightfield concepts (using the term "photonic lightfield chip"). Its actual implementation relied on [[Waveguide (optics)\|waveguides]] presenting imagery at two fixed focal planes (approximately 0.5m and infinity), offering a limited form of multifocal display rather than a full lightfield, over a diagonal FoV of about 50°.<ref name="MagicLeapSpecs">Hamilton, I. (2018, August 15). Magic Leap One Creator Edition-In‑depth review. ''UploadVR''. Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20180816062346/https://uploadvr.com/magic-leap-one-review/</ref>
	* '''[[Meta Reality Labs Research]] Half-Dome Series (2018-2020):''' Meta (formerly Facebook) showcased a series of advanced varifocal VR research prototypes. Half-Dome 1 used mechanical actuation to move the display. Half-Dome 3 employed an electronic solution using a stack of liquid crystal lenses capable of rapidly switching between 64 discrete focal planes, combined with [[eye tracking]] to present the correct focus based on gaze, achieving a wide FoV (~140°).<ref name="AbrashBlog2019">Abrash, M. (2019, September 25). Oculus Connect 6 Keynote [Video]. YouTube. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YIGT13bdXw (Relevant discussion on Half-Dome prototypes)</ref>		* '''[[Meta Reality Labs Research]] Half-Dome Series (2018-2020):''' Meta (formerly Facebook) showcased a series of advanced varifocal VR research prototypes. Half-Dome 1 used mechanical actuation to move the display. Half-Dome 3 employed an electronic solution using a stack of liquid crystal lenses capable of rapidly switching between 64 discrete focal planes, combined with [[eye tracking]] to present the correct focus based on gaze, achieving a wide FoV (~140°).<ref name="AbrashBlog2019">Abrash, M. (2019, September 25). Oculus Connect 6 Keynote [Video]. YouTube. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YIGT13bdXw (Relevant discussion on Half-Dome prototypes)</ref>
	* '''CREAL (2020 onwards):''' This Swiss startup focuses on developing compact lightfield display engines, primarily for AR glasses. Their approach often involves time-multiplexed projection (using sources like micro-LEDs) or scanning combined with holographic combiners to generate many views, aiming for continuous focus cues (for example 0.15m to infinity demonstrated) within a ~50-60° FoV in a form factor suitable for eyeglasses.<ref name="CrealWebsite">CREAL (n.d.). Technology. Retrieved from https://creal.com/technology/</ref>		* '''CREAL (2020 onwards):''' This Swiss startup focuses on developing compact lightfield display engines, primarily for AR glasses. Their approach often involves time-multiplexed projection (using sources like micro-LEDs) or scanning combined with holographic combiners to generate many views, aiming for continuous focus cues (for example 0.15m to infinity demonstrated) within a ~50-60° FoV in a form factor suitable for eyeglasses.<ref name="CrealWebsite">CREAL (n.d.). Technology. Retrieved from https://creal.com/technology/</ref>

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	* Novel Display Panels & Optics: Developing higher-resolution, higher-brightness, faster-switching microdisplays (e.g., [[MicroLED\|microLEDs]], advanced [[OLED]]s, fast [[Liquid crystal on silicon\|LCoS]]) and advanced optical elements (more efficient HOEs, tunable [[Metasurface]]s, improved MLAs potentially using freeform or curved surfaces<ref name="Lanman2013"/>) to improve the critical spatio-angular resolution trade-off.		*'''Novel Display Panels & Optics:''' Developing higher-resolution, higher-brightness, faster-switching microdisplays (e.g., [[MicroLED\|microLEDs]], advanced [[OLED]]s, fast [[Liquid crystal on silicon\|LCoS]]) and advanced optical elements (more efficient HOEs, tunable [[Metasurface]]s, improved MLAs potentially using freeform or curved surfaces<ref name="Lanman2013"/>) to improve the critical spatio-angular resolution trade-off.
	* Efficient Computation & Rendering: Creating more efficient algorithms for lightfield rendering (potentially using [[Artificial intelligence\|AI]] / [[Machine learning\|machine learning]] for view synthesis, compression, or up-sampling) and dedicated [[hardware acceleration]] ([[ASIC]]s or [[FPGA]] designs) to make real-time performance feasible on mobile or wearable platforms.		*'''Efficient Computation & Rendering:''' Creating more efficient algorithms for lightfield rendering (potentially using [[Artificial intelligence\|AI]] / [[Machine learning\|machine learning]] for view synthesis, compression, or up-sampling) and dedicated [[hardware acceleration]] ([[ASIC]]s or [[FPGA]] designs) to make real-time performance feasible on mobile or wearable platforms.
	* [[Eye Tracking]] Integration: Leveraging high-speed, high-accuracy eye tracking is becoming crucial. It enables [[foveated rendering]] adapted for lightfields (concentrating computational resources and potentially resolution/angular sampling where the user is looking), allows dynamic optimization of the display based on gaze (e.g., in varifocal systems), potentially relaxes eyebox constraints, and aids calibration.		*'''[[Eye Tracking]] Integration:''' Leveraging high-speed, high-accuracy eye tracking is becoming crucial. It enables [[foveated rendering]] adapted for lightfields (concentrating computational resources and potentially resolution/angular sampling where the user is looking), allows dynamic optimization of the display based on gaze (e.g., in varifocal systems), potentially relaxes eyebox constraints, and aids calibration.
	* Error Correction & Yield Improvement: Exploiting the inherent redundancy in lightfield data (where multiple pixels contribute to the same perceived point from different angles) to computationally correct for manufacturing defects like dead pixels in the microdisplay, potentially improving production yields for large, high-resolution panels.<ref name="Lanman2013"/>		*'''Error Correction & Yield Improvement:''' Exploiting the inherent redundancy in lightfield data (where multiple pixels contribute to the same perceived point from different angles) to computationally correct for manufacturing defects like dead pixels in the microdisplay, potentially improving production yields for large, high-resolution panels.<ref name="Lanman2013"/>
	* Hybrid Approaches: Combining elements of different techniques (e.g., a small number of switchable focal planes combined with some angular diversity per plane) to achieve a perceptually "good enough" approximation of a true lightfield effect that balances performance and feasibility with current technology.		*'''Hybrid Approaches:''' Combining elements of different techniques (e.g., a small number of switchable focal planes combined with some angular diversity per plane) to achieve a perceptually "good enough" approximation of a true lightfield effect that balances performance and feasibility with current technology.

	While significant hurdles remain, continued advances in micro-display technology, computational power (particularly AI-driven methods), optical materials and design (like metasurfaces), and eye-tracking integration hold promise. The long-term goal is to achieve true, continuous lightfield displays delivering imagery optically indistinguishable from reality within lightweight, energy-efficient, eyeglass-sized hardware, which would represent a paradigm shift in personal computing and immersive experiences.		While significant hurdles remain, continued advances in micro-display technology, computational power (particularly AI-driven methods), optical materials and design (like metasurfaces), and eye-tracking integration hold promise. The long-term goal is to achieve true, continuous lightfield displays delivering imagery optically indistinguishable from reality within lightweight, energy-efficient, eyeglass-sized hardware, which would represent a paradigm shift in personal computing and immersive experiences.

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			==Introduction==
	{{See also\|Near-eye display\|Lightfield\|Vergence-accommodation conflict\|Display technology}}		{{See also\|Near-eye display\|Lightfield\|Vergence-accommodation conflict\|Display technology}}
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	A '''Near-eye lightfield display''' (NELFD) is a type of [[Near-eye display]] (NED), often implemented in a [[Head-mounted display]] (HMD), designed to reproduce a [[lightfield]]~~—the~~ complete set of light rays filling a region of ~~space—rather~~ than just a single flat [[image]] for the viewer. The concept of the light field, representing light rays at every point traveling in every direction (often described as a 4D function), emerged in computer graphics and vision research in the 1990s.<ref name="LightFieldForum2013">[Refocus your Eyes: Nvidia presents Near-Eye Light Field Display Prototype \| LightField Forum](http://lightfield-forum.com/2013/07/refocus-your-eyes-nvidia-presents-near-eye-light-field-display-prototype/)</ref> Unlike conventional displays which typically emit light [[Isotropy\|isotropically]] from each pixel location on a fixed plane, a light field display aims to "support the control of tightly-clustered bundles of light rays, modulating radiance as a function of position and direction across its surface."<ref name="Lanman2013">Lanman, D., & Luebke, D. (2013). Near-eye light field displays. ''ACM Transactions on Graphics (TOG)'', 32(4), Article 138. Presented at SIGGRAPH 2013. [https://research.nvidia.com/sites/default/files/pubs/2013-11_Near-Eye-Light-Field/NVIDIA-NELD.pdf PDF Link]</ref>		A '''Near-eye lightfield display''' (NELFD) is a type of [[Near-eye display]] (NED), often implemented in a [[Head-mounted display]] (HMD), designed to reproduce a [[lightfield]], the complete set of light rays filling a region of space, rather than just a single flat [[image]] for the viewer. The concept of the light field, representing light rays at every point traveling in every direction (often described as a 4D function), emerged in computer graphics and vision research in the 1990s.<ref name="LightFieldForum2013">[Refocus your Eyes: Nvidia presents Near-Eye Light Field Display Prototype \| LightField Forum](http://lightfield-forum.com/2013/07/refocus-your-eyes-nvidia-presents-near-eye-light-field-display-prototype/)</ref> Unlike conventional displays which typically emit light [[Isotropy\|isotropically]] from each pixel location on a fixed plane, a light field display aims to "support the control of tightly-clustered bundles of light rays, modulating radiance as a function of position and direction across its surface."<ref name="Lanman2013">Lanman, D., & Luebke, D. (2013). Near-eye light field displays. ''ACM Transactions on Graphics (TOG)'', 32(4), Article 138. Presented at SIGGRAPH 2013. [https://research.nvidia.com/sites/default/files/pubs/2013-11_Near-Eye-Light-Field/NVIDIA-NELD.pdf PDF Link]</ref>

	By emitting light rays with potentially correct spatial and angular distribution, a NELFD allows the viewer’s [[eye]]s to engage natural [[Vergence\|vergence]] and [[Accommodation (visual)\|accommodation]] (focusing) responses simultaneously. This capability aims to resolve the [[vergence-accommodation conflict]] (VAC), a common source of visual discomfort (including [[visual fatigue]], eye strain, and headaches) in conventional [[stereoscopic]] displays used in [[virtual reality]] (VR) and [[augmented reality]] (AR).<ref name="Hoffman2008">Hoffman, D. M., Girshick, A. R., Akeley, K., & Banks, M. S. (2008). Vergence–accommodation conflicts hinder visual performance and cause visual fatigue. ''Journal of Vision'', 8(3), 33. doi:10.1167/8.3.33</ref><ref name="StanfordVid2015">Stanford Computational Imaging Lab (2015). The Light Field Stereoscope - SIGGGRAPH 2015 [Video]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJdMPUF8cDM</ref> Resolving the VAC can lead to potentially sharper, more comfortable, and more realistic three-dimensional visual experiences, especially during extended use. As Huang et al. (2015) noted, “correct or nearly correct focus cues signiﬁcantly improve stereoscopic correspondence matching, 3D shape perception becomes more veridical, and people can discriminate different depths better.”<ref name="Huang2015">Huang, F. C., Wetzstein, G., Barsky, B. A., & Heide, F. (2015). The light field stereoscope: immersive computer graphics via factored near-eye light field displays with focus cues. ''ACM Transactions on Graphics (TOG)'', 34(4), Article 60. Presented at SIGGRAPH 2015.</ref>		By emitting light rays with potentially correct spatial and angular distribution, a NELFD allows the viewer’s [[eye]]s to engage natural [[Vergence\|vergence]] and [[Accommodation (visual)\|accommodation]] (focusing) responses simultaneously. This capability aims to resolve the [[vergence-accommodation conflict]] (VAC), a common source of visual discomfort (including [[visual fatigue]], eye strain, and headaches) in conventional [[stereoscopic]] displays used in [[virtual reality]] (VR) and [[augmented reality]] (AR).<ref name="Hoffman2008">Hoffman, D. M., Girshick, A. R., Akeley, K., & Banks, M. S. (2008). Vergence–accommodation conflicts hinder visual performance and cause visual fatigue. ''Journal of Vision'', 8(3), 33. doi:10.1167/8.3.33</ref><ref name="StanfordVid2015">Stanford Computational Imaging Lab (2015). The Light Field Stereoscope - SIGGGRAPH 2015 [Video]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJdMPUF8cDM</ref> Resolving the VAC can lead to potentially sharper, more comfortable, and more realistic three-dimensional visual experiences, especially during extended use. As Huang et al. (2015) noted, “correct or nearly correct focus cues signiﬁcantly improve stereoscopic correspondence matching, 3D shape perception becomes more veridical, and people can discriminate different depths better.”<ref name="Huang2015">Huang, F. C., Wetzstein, G., Barsky, B. A., & Heide, F. (2015). The light field stereoscope: immersive computer graphics via factored near-eye light field displays with focus cues. ''ACM Transactions on Graphics (TOG)'', 34(4), Article 60. Presented at SIGGRAPH 2015.</ref>

	Near-eye displays confront the fundamental problem that the unaided human eye cannot easily accommodate (focus) on display panels placed in very close proximity.<ref name="Lanman2013"/> Conventional NEDs typically use magnifying optics to create a virtual image appearing further away, but these optics can add bulk and weight.<ref name="TI_NED_WP">Bhakta, V.R., Richuso, J. and Jain, A. (2014). DLP ® Technology for Near Eye Display. Texas Instruments White Paper DLPA051. Retrieved from http://www.ti.com/lit/wp/dlpa051/dlpa051.pdf</ref> Light field approaches offer an alternative path to achieving comfortable viewing, potentially in thinner and lighter form factors.		Near-eye displays confront the fundamental problem that the unaided human eye cannot easily accommodate (focus) on display panels placed in very close proximity.<ref name="Lanman2013"/> Conventional NEDs typically use magnifying optics to create a virtual image appearing further away, but these optics can add bulk and weight.<ref name="TI_NED_WP">Bhakta, V.R., Richuso, J. and Jain, A. (2014). DLP ® Technology for Near Eye Display. Texas Instruments White Paper DLPA051. Retrieved from http://www.ti.com/lit/wp/dlpa051/dlpa051.pdf</ref> Light field approaches offer an alternative path to achieving comfortable viewing, potentially in thinner and lighter form factors.
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	==Current Status and Future Outlook==		==Current Status and Future Outlook==
	Near-eye lightfield displays remain predominantly in the research and development phase, although specific implementations like multi-plane displays (e.g., Magic Leap) and varifocal displays (explored heavily in research like Half-Dome and potentially entering niche products) represent steps in this direction. The significant challenges outlined ~~above—particularly~~ the complex trade-offs between resolution, computational power, field of view, and form ~~factor—have~~ prevented widespread adoption in mainstream consumer HMDs thus far.		Near-eye lightfield displays remain predominantly in the research and development phase, although specific implementations like multi-plane displays (e.g., Magic Leap) and varifocal displays (explored heavily in research like Half-Dome and potentially entering niche products) represent steps in this direction. The significant challenges outlined above, particularly the complex trade-offs between resolution, computational power, field of view, and form factor, have prevented widespread adoption in mainstream consumer HMDs thus far.

	Ongoing research and development efforts focus on:		Ongoing research and development efforts focus on:

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	[[File:NE-LF prototype.png\|thumb\|Figure 1. NVIDIA's 2013 near-eye light field display prototype, demonstrating a thin form factor using microlens arrays over OLED microdisplays.]]		[[File:NE-LF prototype.png\|thumb\|Figure 1. NVIDIA's 2013 near-eye light field display prototype, demonstrating a thin form factor using microlens arrays over OLED microdisplays.]]
	[[File:Lightfield stereoscope.jpg\|thumb\|Figure 2. The Stanford/NVIDIA Light Field Stereoscope prototype (2015) used stacked LCDs to provide focus cues.]]		[[File:Lightfield stereoscope.jpg\|thumb\|Figure 2. The Stanford/NVIDIA Light Field Stereoscope prototype (2015) used stacked LCDs to provide focus cues.]]

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			[[File:LFS images.jpg\|thumb\|Figure 3. Images with front and rear focus produced by the light field stereoscope (Image: Huang et al., 2015)]]

	A '''Near-eye lightfield display''' (NELFD) is a type of [[Near-eye display]] (NED), often implemented in a [[Head-mounted display]] (HMD), designed to reproduce a [[lightfield]]—the complete set of light rays filling a region of space—rather than just a single flat [[image]] for the viewer. The concept of the light field, representing light rays at every point traveling in every direction (often described as a 4D function), emerged in computer graphics and vision research in the 1990s.<ref name="LightFieldForum2013">[Refocus your Eyes: Nvidia presents Near-Eye Light Field Display Prototype \| LightField Forum](http://lightfield-forum.com/2013/07/refocus-your-eyes-nvidia-presents-near-eye-light-field-display-prototype/)</ref> Unlike conventional displays which typically emit light [[Isotropy\|isotropically]] from each pixel location on a fixed plane, a light field display aims to "support the control of tightly-clustered bundles of light rays, modulating radiance as a function of position and direction across its surface."<ref name="Lanman2013">Lanman, D., & Luebke, D. (2013). Near-eye light field displays. ''ACM Transactions on Graphics (TOG)'', 32(4), Article 138. Presented at SIGGRAPH 2013. [https://research.nvidia.com/sites/default/files/pubs/2013-11_Near-Eye-Light-Field/NVIDIA-NELD.pdf PDF Link]</ref>		A '''Near-eye lightfield display''' (NELFD) is a type of [[Near-eye display]] (NED), often implemented in a [[Head-mounted display]] (HMD), designed to reproduce a [[lightfield]]—the complete set of light rays filling a region of space—rather than just a single flat [[image]] for the viewer. The concept of the light field, representing light rays at every point traveling in every direction (often described as a 4D function), emerged in computer graphics and vision research in the 1990s.<ref name="LightFieldForum2013">[Refocus your Eyes: Nvidia presents Near-Eye Light Field Display Prototype \| LightField Forum](http://lightfield-forum.com/2013/07/refocus-your-eyes-nvidia-presents-near-eye-light-field-display-prototype/)</ref> Unlike conventional displays which typically emit light [[Isotropy\|isotropically]] from each pixel location on a fixed plane, a light field display aims to "support the control of tightly-clustered bundles of light rays, modulating radiance as a function of position and direction across its surface."<ref name="Lanman2013">Lanman, D., & Luebke, D. (2013). Near-eye light field displays. ''ACM Transactions on Graphics (TOG)'', 32(4), Article 138. Presented at SIGGRAPH 2013. [https://research.nvidia.com/sites/default/files/pubs/2013-11_Near-Eye-Light-Field/NVIDIA-NELD.pdf PDF Link]</ref>

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	[[File:Lightfield stereoscope.jpg\|thumb\|Figure 2. The Stanford/NVIDIA Light Field Stereoscope prototype (2015) used stacked LCDs to provide focus cues. ~~(Image based on description, similar to Figure 3 in original article 1)~~]]		[[File:Lightfield stereoscope.jpg\|thumb\|Figure 2. The Stanford/NVIDIA Light Field Stereoscope prototype (2015) used stacked LCDs to provide focus cues.]]

	A '''Near-eye lightfield display''' (NELFD) is a type of [[Near-eye display]] (NED), often implemented in a [[Head-mounted display]] (HMD), designed to reproduce a [[lightfield]]—the complete set of light rays filling a region of space—rather than just a single flat [[image]] for the viewer. The concept of the light field, representing light rays at every point traveling in every direction (often described as a 4D function), emerged in computer graphics and vision research in the 1990s.<ref name="LightFieldForum2013">[Refocus your Eyes: Nvidia presents Near-Eye Light Field Display Prototype \| LightField Forum](http://lightfield-forum.com/2013/07/refocus-your-eyes-nvidia-presents-near-eye-light-field-display-prototype/)</ref> Unlike conventional displays which typically emit light [[Isotropy\|isotropically]] from each pixel location on a fixed plane, a light field display aims to "support the control of tightly-clustered bundles of light rays, modulating radiance as a function of position and direction across its surface."<ref name="Lanman2013">Lanman, D., & Luebke, D. (2013). Near-eye light field displays. ''ACM Transactions on Graphics (TOG)'', 32(4), Article 138. Presented at SIGGRAPH 2013. [https://research.nvidia.com/sites/default/files/pubs/2013-11_Near-Eye-Light-Field/NVIDIA-NELD.pdf PDF Link]</ref>		A '''Near-eye lightfield display''' (NELFD) is a type of [[Near-eye display]] (NED), often implemented in a [[Head-mounted display]] (HMD), designed to reproduce a [[lightfield]]—the complete set of light rays filling a region of space—rather than just a single flat [[image]] for the viewer. The concept of the light field, representing light rays at every point traveling in every direction (often described as a 4D function), emerged in computer graphics and vision research in the 1990s.<ref name="LightFieldForum2013">[Refocus your Eyes: Nvidia presents Near-Eye Light Field Display Prototype \| LightField Forum](http://lightfield-forum.com/2013/07/refocus-your-eyes-nvidia-presents-near-eye-light-field-display-prototype/)</ref> Unlike conventional displays which typically emit light [[Isotropy\|isotropically]] from each pixel location on a fixed plane, a light field display aims to "support the control of tightly-clustered bundles of light rays, modulating radiance as a function of position and direction across its surface."<ref name="Lanman2013">Lanman, D., & Luebke, D. (2013). Near-eye light field displays. ''ACM Transactions on Graphics (TOG)'', 32(4), Article 138. Presented at SIGGRAPH 2013. [https://research.nvidia.com/sites/default/files/pubs/2013-11_Near-Eye-Light-Field/NVIDIA-NELD.pdf PDF Link]</ref>

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	[[File:~~NVIDIA_Near~~-~~Eye_Light_Field_Display_Prototype_2013~~.~~jpg~~\|thumb\|Figure 1. NVIDIA's 2013 near-eye light field display prototype, demonstrating a thin form factor using microlens arrays over OLED microdisplays. ~~(Image based on description, similar to Figure 2 in original article 1)~~]]		[[File:NE-LF prototype.png\|thumb\|Figure 1. NVIDIA's 2013 near-eye light field display prototype, demonstrating a thin form factor using microlens arrays over OLED microdisplays.]]
	[[File:~~Light_Field_Stereoscope_Prototype_2015~~.jpg\|thumb\|Figure 2. The Stanford/NVIDIA Light Field Stereoscope prototype (2015) used stacked LCDs to provide focus cues. (Image based on description, similar to Figure 3 in original article 1)]]		[[File:Lightfield stereoscope.jpg\|thumb\|Figure 2. The Stanford/NVIDIA Light Field Stereoscope prototype (2015) used stacked LCDs to provide focus cues. (Image based on description, similar to Figure 3 in original article 1)]]

	A '''Near-eye lightfield display''' (NELFD) is a type of [[Near-eye display]] (NED), often implemented in a [[Head-mounted display]] (HMD), designed to reproduce a [[lightfield]]—the complete set of light rays filling a region of space—rather than just a single flat [[image]] for the viewer. The concept of the light field, representing light rays at every point traveling in every direction (often described as a 4D function), emerged in computer graphics and vision research in the 1990s.<ref name="LightFieldForum2013">[Refocus your Eyes: Nvidia presents Near-Eye Light Field Display Prototype \| LightField Forum](http://lightfield-forum.com/2013/07/refocus-your-eyes-nvidia-presents-near-eye-light-field-display-prototype/)</ref> Unlike conventional displays which typically emit light [[Isotropy\|isotropically]] from each pixel location on a fixed plane, a light field display aims to "support the control of tightly-clustered bundles of light rays, modulating radiance as a function of position and direction across its surface."<ref name="Lanman2013">Lanman, D., & Luebke, D. (2013). Near-eye light field displays. ''ACM Transactions on Graphics (TOG)'', 32(4), Article 138. Presented at SIGGRAPH 2013. [https://research.nvidia.com/sites/default/files/pubs/2013-11_Near-Eye-Light-Field/NVIDIA-NELD.pdf PDF Link]</ref>		A '''Near-eye lightfield display''' (NELFD) is a type of [[Near-eye display]] (NED), often implemented in a [[Head-mounted display]] (HMD), designed to reproduce a [[lightfield]]—the complete set of light rays filling a region of space—rather than just a single flat [[image]] for the viewer. The concept of the light field, representing light rays at every point traveling in every direction (often described as a 4D function), emerged in computer graphics and vision research in the 1990s.<ref name="LightFieldForum2013">[Refocus your Eyes: Nvidia presents Near-Eye Light Field Display Prototype \| LightField Forum](http://lightfield-forum.com/2013/07/refocus-your-eyes-nvidia-presents-near-eye-light-field-display-prototype/)</ref> Unlike conventional displays which typically emit light [[Isotropy\|isotropically]] from each pixel location on a fixed plane, a light field display aims to "support the control of tightly-clustered bundles of light rays, modulating radiance as a function of position and direction across its surface."<ref name="Lanman2013">Lanman, D., & Luebke, D. (2013). Near-eye light field displays. ''ACM Transactions on Graphics (TOG)'', 32(4), Article 138. Presented at SIGGRAPH 2013. [https://research.nvidia.com/sites/default/files/pubs/2013-11_Near-Eye-Light-Field/NVIDIA-NELD.pdf PDF Link]</ref>

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	[[File:NE-LF prototype.png\|thumb\|Figure 1. NVIDIA's 2013 near-eye light field display prototype, demonstrating a thin form factor using microlens arrays over OLED microdisplays.]]		[[File:NE-LF prototype.png\|thumb\|Figure 1. NVIDIA's 2013 near-eye light field display prototype, demonstrating a thin form factor using microlens arrays over OLED microdisplays.]]
	[[File:Lightfield stereoscope.jpg\|thumb\|Figure 2. The Stanford/NVIDIA Light Field Stereoscope prototype (2015) used stacked LCDs to provide focus cues.]]		[[File:Lightfield stereoscope.jpg\|thumb\|Figure 2. The Stanford/NVIDIA Light Field Stereoscope prototype (2015) used stacked LCDs to provide focus cues.]]

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	[[File:Lightfield stereoscope.jpg\|thumb\|Figure 2. The Stanford/NVIDIA Light Field Stereoscope prototype (2015) used stacked LCDs to provide focus cues.]]		[[File:Lightfield stereoscope.jpg\|thumb\|Figure 2. The Stanford/NVIDIA Light Field Stereoscope prototype (2015) used stacked LCDs to provide focus cues.]]
			[[File:LFS images.jpg\|thumb\|Figure 3. Images with front and rear focus produced by the light field stereoscope (Image: Huang et al., 2015)]]

	A '''Near-eye lightfield display''' (NELFD) is a type of [[Near-eye display]] (NED), often implemented in a [[Head-mounted display]] (HMD), designed to reproduce a [[lightfield]]—the complete set of light rays filling a region of space—rather than just a single flat [[image]] for the viewer. The concept of the light field, representing light rays at every point traveling in every direction (often described as a 4D function), emerged in computer graphics and vision research in the 1990s.<ref name="LightFieldForum2013">[Refocus your Eyes: Nvidia presents Near-Eye Light Field Display Prototype \| LightField Forum](http://lightfield-forum.com/2013/07/refocus-your-eyes-nvidia-presents-near-eye-light-field-display-prototype/)</ref> Unlike conventional displays which typically emit light [[Isotropy\|isotropically]] from each pixel location on a fixed plane, a light field display aims to "support the control of tightly-clustered bundles of light rays, modulating radiance as a function of position and direction across its surface."<ref name="Lanman2013">Lanman, D., & Luebke, D. (2013). Near-eye light field displays. ''ACM Transactions on Graphics (TOG)'', 32(4), Article 138. Presented at SIGGRAPH 2013. [https://research.nvidia.com/sites/default/files/pubs/2013-11_Near-Eye-Light-Field/NVIDIA-NELD.pdf PDF Link]</ref>		A '''Near-eye lightfield display''' (NELFD) is a type of [[Near-eye display]] (NED), often implemented in a [[Head-mounted display]] (HMD), designed to reproduce a [[lightfield]]—the complete set of light rays filling a region of space—rather than just a single flat [[image]] for the viewer. The concept of the light field, representing light rays at every point traveling in every direction (often described as a 4D function), emerged in computer graphics and vision research in the 1990s.<ref name="LightFieldForum2013">[Refocus your Eyes: Nvidia presents Near-Eye Light Field Display Prototype \| LightField Forum](http://lightfield-forum.com/2013/07/refocus-your-eyes-nvidia-presents-near-eye-light-field-display-prototype/)</ref> Unlike conventional displays which typically emit light [[Isotropy\|isotropically]] from each pixel location on a fixed plane, a light field display aims to "support the control of tightly-clustered bundles of light rays, modulating radiance as a function of position and direction across its surface."<ref name="Lanman2013">Lanman, D., & Luebke, D. (2013). Near-eye light field displays. ''ACM Transactions on Graphics (TOG)'', 32(4), Article 138. Presented at SIGGRAPH 2013. [https://research.nvidia.com/sites/default/files/pubs/2013-11_Near-Eye-Light-Field/NVIDIA-NELD.pdf PDF Link]</ref>

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	[[File:Lightfield stereoscope.jpg\|thumb\|Figure 2. The Stanford/NVIDIA Light Field Stereoscope prototype (2015) used stacked LCDs to provide focus cues. ~~(Image based on description, similar to Figure 3 in original article 1)~~]]		[[File:Lightfield stereoscope.jpg\|thumb\|Figure 2. The Stanford/NVIDIA Light Field Stereoscope prototype (2015) used stacked LCDs to provide focus cues.]]

	A '''Near-eye lightfield display''' (NELFD) is a type of [[Near-eye display]] (NED), often implemented in a [[Head-mounted display]] (HMD), designed to reproduce a [[lightfield]]—the complete set of light rays filling a region of space—rather than just a single flat [[image]] for the viewer. The concept of the light field, representing light rays at every point traveling in every direction (often described as a 4D function), emerged in computer graphics and vision research in the 1990s.<ref name="LightFieldForum2013">[Refocus your Eyes: Nvidia presents Near-Eye Light Field Display Prototype \| LightField Forum](http://lightfield-forum.com/2013/07/refocus-your-eyes-nvidia-presents-near-eye-light-field-display-prototype/)</ref> Unlike conventional displays which typically emit light [[Isotropy\|isotropically]] from each pixel location on a fixed plane, a light field display aims to "support the control of tightly-clustered bundles of light rays, modulating radiance as a function of position and direction across its surface."<ref name="Lanman2013">Lanman, D., & Luebke, D. (2013). Near-eye light field displays. ''ACM Transactions on Graphics (TOG)'', 32(4), Article 138. Presented at SIGGRAPH 2013. [https://research.nvidia.com/sites/default/files/pubs/2013-11_Near-Eye-Light-Field/NVIDIA-NELD.pdf PDF Link]</ref>		A '''Near-eye lightfield display''' (NELFD) is a type of [[Near-eye display]] (NED), often implemented in a [[Head-mounted display]] (HMD), designed to reproduce a [[lightfield]]—the complete set of light rays filling a region of space—rather than just a single flat [[image]] for the viewer. The concept of the light field, representing light rays at every point traveling in every direction (often described as a 4D function), emerged in computer graphics and vision research in the 1990s.<ref name="LightFieldForum2013">[Refocus your Eyes: Nvidia presents Near-Eye Light Field Display Prototype \| LightField Forum](http://lightfield-forum.com/2013/07/refocus-your-eyes-nvidia-presents-near-eye-light-field-display-prototype/)</ref> Unlike conventional displays which typically emit light [[Isotropy\|isotropically]] from each pixel location on a fixed plane, a light field display aims to "support the control of tightly-clustered bundles of light rays, modulating radiance as a function of position and direction across its surface."<ref name="Lanman2013">Lanman, D., & Luebke, D. (2013). Near-eye light field displays. ''ACM Transactions on Graphics (TOG)'', 32(4), Article 138. Presented at SIGGRAPH 2013. [https://research.nvidia.com/sites/default/files/pubs/2013-11_Near-Eye-Light-Field/NVIDIA-NELD.pdf PDF Link]</ref>