IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND USE THEREOF

An image display device has a matrix screen having a plurality of pixels arranged in columns and a periodic grating arranged in front of the matrix screen having a structure extending parallel to the columns. A lateral direction grating period corresponds to a whole number multiple of adjacent column spacing of the matrix screen. In a use of this image display device, at least two different viewing positions are detected and disjunctive excerpts of columns of the matrix screen are determined in accordance with the detected viewing positions such that a respective excerpt is associated with each of the detected viewing positions, this excerpt including all columns at least partly visible through the grating from this viewing position, wherein the matrix screen is controlled in dependence with image information of at least two different images such that exactly one of the images is displayed on each of the excerpts.