Micro led sheet with small spheres to enable digital beam shaping

A lighting device comprising a first 2D arrangement of a plurality n of light sources and a second 2D arrangement of a plurality m of beam shaping elements configured downstream of the light sources, wherein:

• the light sources are configured to generate light source light, wherein the n light sources comprises a plurality k of individually controllable subsets of light sources, wherein the beam shaping elements are configured to shape a beam of the light source light of the n light sources, and wherein n≥16, m≥4, n/m>1, and k≤n/2;
• upstream of each beam shaping element light sources are configured of different individually controllable subsets and wherein two or more of the beam shaping elements have different spatial configurations relative to the light sources that are configured upstream of the respective beam shaping elements;
• wherein the light sources comprise solid state light sources having first dimensions d1 selected from the group of a first length, a first width, a first diagonal length, and a first diameter, wherein the beam shaping elements comprise light transmissive elements having second dimensions d2 selected from the group of a second length, a second width, a second diagonal length, and a second diameter, wherein d2≥4*d1, and
• wherein the beam shaping elements comprise spheres.