Autostereoscopic displays

A method of providing an autostereoscopic, three-dimensional image, comprising:

• providing a display comprising a plurality of addressable pixels, each of the plurality of pixels comprising two or more sub-pixels;
• providing a view selector in operative connection with the display that, for each of two or more viewing perspectives, makes visible one of n views displayed by the display, wherein n is an integer not less than 3;
• and
• providing a multiplexer system in operative connection with the display, the multiplexer system controllable to shift light horizontally from at least one of the plurality of pixels;
• wherein a native pixel density of at least one horizontal row of the pixels, divided by n, is greater than 75% of a native pixel density of at least one vertical column of the pixels.

An autostereoscopic display system operable in an autostereoscopic mode and in a two-dimensional mode, comprising:

• a display comprising a plurality of addressable pixels, each of the plurality of pixels comprising two or more sub-pixels;
• a view selector that, for each of two or more viewing perspectives, makes one of the views visible;
• and
• a multiplexer system in operative connection with the display, the multiplexer system adapted to controllably shift light horizontally from at least one of the plurality of pixels as a function of time to provide m times as many views as provided without the multiplexer system, wherein m is an integer of at least 2, and wherein at least one of the sub-pixels comprises a first active area for which the fill factor is less than 1/m and a second active area, only the first active area emitting light in the autostereoscopic mode, and both the first active area and the second active area emitting light in the two-dimensional mode.