A static multiview display comprising: a light guide configured to guide light in a longitudinal direction; a light source comprising a plurality of optical emitters offset from one another in the longitudinal direction and being optically coupled to the light guide, an optical emitter of the light source being configured to provide within the light guide a collimated guided light beam having a propagation angle determined by a longitudinal offset of the optical emitter; an array of diffraction gratings configured to scatter out a portion of the collimated guided light beam as a plurality of directional light beams representing a multiview image, a direction of the multiview image being a function of both a color and the propagation angle of the collimated guided light beam; wherein the plurality of optical emitters of the light source comprises a first optical emitter having a first longitudinal offset configured to provide a first collimated guided light beam at a first propagation angle and a second optical emitter having a second longitudinal offset configured to provide a second collimated guided light beam at a second propagation angle within the light guide; and characterized in that the first propagation angle is configured to provide a first multiview image having a first direction and the second propagation angle is configured to provide a second multiview image having a second direction, wherein the first longitudinal offset and the second longitudinal offset are different from one another, wherein the first propagation angle and the second propagation angle are different from one another, and wherein the first direction and the second direction are different from one another. a light guide configured to guide light in a longitudinal direction; a light source comprising a plurality of optical emitters offset from one another in the longitudinal direction and being optically coupled to the light guide, an optical emitter of the light source being configured to provide within the light guide a collimated guided light beam having a propagation angle determined by a longitudinal offset of the optical emitter; an array of diffraction gratings configured to scatter out a portion of the collimated guided light beam as a plurality of directional light beams representing a multiview image, a direction of the multiview image being a function of both a color and the propagation angle of the collimated guided light beam; wherein the plurality of optical emitters of the light source comprises a first optical emitter having a first longitudinal offset configured to provide a first collimated guided light beam at a first propagation angle and a second optical emitter having a second longitudinal offset configured to provide a second collimated guided light beam at a second propagation angle within the light guide; and characterized in that the first propagation angle is configured to provide a first multiview image having a first direction and the second propagation angle is configured to provide a second multiview image having a second direction, wherein the first longitudinal offset and the second longitudinal offset are different from one another, wherein the first propagation angle and the second propagation angle are different from one another, and wherein the first direction and the second direction are different from one another.