Optical Foveation for Integral Imaging

A method comprising:

• receiving, using a plurality of sensor pixels, a portion of an incoming light field through a first optical distortion element;
• generating a distorted digitized image from the received portion of the incoming light field;
• generating a distorted virtual image;
• generating a processed distorted image by mixing the distorted virtual image and the distorted digitized image;
• and
• displaying, using a plurality of display pixels, the processed distorted image through a second optical distortion element, wherein the second optical distortion element is configured to undistort the processed distorted image in order to produce a portion of an emitted light field.

One or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying software that is operable when executed to:

• access a distorted digitized image comprising a portion of an incoming light field received through a first optical distortion element;
• generate a distorted virtual image;
• generate a processed distorted image by mixing the distorted virtual image and the distorted digitized image generate a processed distorted image from the distorted digitized image;
• and
• transmit the processed distorted image for display on an electronic display coupled to a second optical distortion element, wherein the second optical distortion element is configured to undistort the processed distorted image in order to produce a portion of an emitted light field.