System and method for providing multiple sub-channels within a video-audio stream

A system for allowing a person or a process to select between multiple spatial-temporal video sub-channels provided within a multi-sub-channel video stream being output to a viewer, where selection causes a specific sub-channel within the stream to be received by at least one person viewing the output through an active filter device, comprising:

• a video output device for outputting a multi-sub-channel stream, where the stream comprises two or more video images, where each video image comprises two or more spatial sub-channels, and where the stream comprises two or more temporal sub-channels;
• content selection means for selecting a sub-channel of video to be received by at least one person, where the selection means provides an indication of selection, and
• active filter device for dynamically filtering between spatial-temporal sub-channels comprising the output multi-sub-channel stream, where the active filter device comprises one or more channel filter lenses and a lens controller, where a channel filter lens comprises the combination of:
• (a) an active spatial channel filter, and (b) an active temporal channel filter, where the lens controller receives the indication of selection and operates an active channel filter (a) or (b) based at least in part upon the indicated selection, where operating comprises selecting a current sub-channel or otherwise switching from a current sub-channel to a next sub-channel so as to cause a specific sub-channel within the stream to be received by at least one person viewing the output through an active filter device.