Display device

A multi-view autostereoscopic display device (101) comprising:

• an image forming means (103) having an array of display pixels (105) for producing a display, the display pixels (105) being arranged in rows and columns;
• a view forming means (109, 117) positioned in registration with the image forming means (103) and having an array of view forming elements (111) that are switchable between a transmitting state and a shielding state, the view forming elements (111) each being configurable to focus the output of groups of the display pixels (105) into a plurality of views projected in different horizontal directions;
• and
• a driving means (119) arranged to drive the image forming means (103) with display data and to switch the view forming elements (111) of the view forming means (109, 117),
• wherein the driving means (119) is arranged to:
• in a first portion of a driving cycle, drive a first group of display pixels (105) with display data for a first plurality of views and switch first and second view forming elements (111b, 111c) that are horizontally adjacent to each other to transmitting and shielding states respectively, so that the first plurality of views can be observed through the first view forming element (111b);
• and
• in a second portion of the driving cycle, drive the first group of display pixels (105) with display data for a second plurality of views and switch the first and second view forming elements (111b, 111c) to shielding and transmitting states respectively, so that the second plurality of views can be observed through the second view forming element (111c).