Abstract: A parallax viewing system is disclosed that permits a viewer to change viewpoints and look around objects by providing the viewer with multiple viewpoints. The parallax viewing system can include a plurality of viewpoints in each viewing direction of a two dimensional display. A viewpoint/parallax generator causes a liquid crystal array to vary its viewing angle over time across a plurality of viewpoints 1 through N, while applying the appropriate image data for the respective viewpoint. The liquid crystal array or other suitable display technology is fabricated with a narrow viewing angle. The liquid crystal material should be selected to handle a wide bias voltage (contrast) variation. Thus, by varying the applied bias voltage, the viewing angle of the display system may be tuned from left to right, for example, by varying the bias voltage. In an illustrative three dimensional implementation, the input image signal is encoded with a left eye (LE) and right eye (RE) image for each viewpoint.