Display assemblies with electronically emulated transparency

In one embodiment f an electronic display assembly includes a circuit board, a first microlens layer on a first side of the circuit board; and a second microlens layer on an opposite side of the circuit board from the first microlens layer. The first microlens layer includes a first plurality of microlenses, and the second microlens layer includes a second plurality of microlenses, The electronic- display assembly further includes an image sensor layer adjacent to the first microlens layer and a display layer adjacent to the second microlens array. The Image sensor layer includes sensor pixels for detecting incoming light through the first microlenses, and the display layer includes display pixels for emitting light through the second microlenses. The electronic display assembly emulates transparency by emitting light from the second microlenses at angles that correspond to angles of the incoming light detected through the first microlenses.