Parallax based monoscopic rendering

A method for creating multiple viewpoint images for an image frame comprising:

• receiving by a processing element a left eye image and a right eye image, wherein the left eye image and right eye image comprise a stereoscopic image pair;
• determining by the processing element a first viewing location corresponding to the left eye image and a second viewing location corresponding to the right eye image;
• determining by the processing element a plurality of exterior viewpoint locations outside of a range between the first viewing location and the second viewing location;
• and
• generating a plurality of exterior viewpoint images based on the exterior viewpoint locations and both the left eye image and the right image at the exterior viewpoint locations.