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by dTal 4532 days ago
Why do you have to block the light? Sure, primitive stereo parallax barriers like the Nintendo DS has do, but nobody uses parallax barrier tech for any proper lightfield application. The system you mentioned, a lens array over a high-PPI screen, blocks nothing; light is only refracted. Ergo, the energy required to run the screen is the same as without the lens array, e.g. a normal screen.