A multi-pupil lightguide element for a diffractive personal display, comprising - lightguide means , - diffractive in-coupling means for coupling an image directed to the in-coupling means into the lightguide means, - diffractive out-coupling means for coupling said image out of the lightguide means, wherein - the diffractive in-coupling means comprise at least two in-coupling gratings laterally displaced from each other on said lightguide means for receiving image segments, which carry a partial field-of-view of said image, and - the diffractive out-coupling means is optically associated with said at least two in-coupling gratings for reproducing said image from said image segments, - an exit pupil expander grating for each in-coupling grating, the exit pupil expander gratings ) being associated with and arranged optically between at least one of said in-coupling gratings and said out-coupling means , for extending the exit pupil of the element, characterized in that said in-coupling gratings and exit pupil expander gratings are located such that a first in-coupling grating associated with a first exit pupil expander grating laterally overlaps with a second exit pupil expander grating associated with a second in-coupling grating, said in-coupling gratings are laterally displaced with respect to said exit pupil expander gratings (53, 57. 63, 67), and the element comprises a first in-coupling grating and associated exit pupil expander grating pair and a second in-coupling grating and associated exit pupil expander grating pair, which is essentially mirror-symmetrically positioned on the lightguide means with respect to the first pair. - lightguide means , - diffractive in-coupling means for coupling an image directed to the in-coupling means into the lightguide means, - diffractive out-coupling means for coupling said image out of the lightguide means, - the diffractive in-coupling means comprise at least two in-coupling gratings laterally displaced from each other on said lightguide means for receiving image segments, which carry a partial field-of-view of said image, and - the diffractive out-coupling means is optically associated with said at least two in-coupling gratings for reproducing said image from said image segments, - an exit pupil expander grating for each in-coupling grating, the exit pupil expander gratings ) being associated with and arranged optically between at least one of said in-coupling gratings and said out-coupling means , for extending the exit pupil of the element, said in-coupling gratings and exit pupil expander gratings are located such that a first in-coupling grating associated with a first exit pupil expander grating laterally overlaps with a second exit pupil expander grating associated with a second in-coupling grating, said in-coupling gratings are laterally displaced with respect to said exit pupil expander gratings (53, 57. 63, 67), and the element comprises a first in-coupling grating and associated exit pupil expander grating pair and a second in-coupling grating and associated exit pupil expander grating pair, which is essentially mirror-symmetrically positioned on the lightguide means with respect to the first pair. <EOS>