Static multiview display and method having diagonal parallax

A static multiview display comprising:

• a light guide;
• a light source configured to provide a plurality of guided light beams having different radial directions originating at and radiating from a corner of the light guide;
• and
• an array of multiview pixels configured to provide a plurality of different views of a static multiview image having an arrangement of views configured to provide diagonal parallax, a multiview pixel comprising a plurality of diffraction gratings configured to diffractively scatter out light from the guided light beam plurality to provide directional light beams representing view pixels of the multiview pixel,
• wherein a grating characteristic of a diffraction grating of the multiview pixel is a function of a relative location of the diffraction grating and the light source.

A method of static multiview display operation, the method comprising:

• guiding in a light guide a plurality of guided light beams having different radial directions and radiating from a corner of the light guide;
• and
• emitting directional light beams representing a static multiview image having an arrangement of views configured to provide diagonal parallax using a plurality of diffraction gratings, a diffraction grating of the diffraction grating plurality diffractively scattering out light from the guided light beam plurality as a directional light beam of the directional light beam plurality having an intensity and a principal angular direction of a corresponding view pixel of the static multiview image,
• wherein the intensity and principal angular direction of the emitted directional light beam are controlled by a grating characteristic of the diffraction grating that is a function of a location of the diffraction grating relative to the corner.