Lens array for shifting perspective of an imaging system

An electronic device comprising:

• memory;
• a display element communicatively coupled to the memory;
• a first plurality of lens elements arranged along a first specified surface of a head-mounted device and configured to act as a first compound lens having a first compound lens viewpoint and a first compound lens field-of-view (FOV), and a global entrance pupil, the first plurality of lens elements configured to collect light from a scene, wherein each of the first plurality of lens elements has—
• a lens having an object-side surface configured to face the scene and an image-side surface antipodal to the object-side surface,
• an image sensor located on a same side as the image-side surface of the lens, the image sensor having a back surface facing away from the image-side surface, wherein the image sensor is optically coupled to the lens and communicatively coupled to the memory;
• an aperture stop located between the object-side surface and the image sensor, and
• an entrance pupil located behind a same side as the back surface of the image sensor and separate therefrom,
• wherein the entrance pupil for each of the plurality of lens elements intersect in a region that coincides with the compound lens viewpoint, and
• wherein the plurality of lenses is incorporated into the head mounted device such that the global entrance pupil coincides with an eye of a user;
• and
• a structure configured to keep each of the first plurality of lens elements in fixed spatial relationship with one another.