METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FORMING EXTENDED FOCAL PLANES FOR LARGE VIEWPOINT CHANGES

Methods and systems are described for capturing and displaying content for multiple focal plane (MFP) displays. In one example, a plurality of texture images of a scene are captured using a large-aperture camera, each texture image having a different focal distance. For each texture image, a focal plane image is generated. To generate the focal plane image, in some embodiments, each pixel in each texture image is multiplied by a respective weight value. The weight value may be based on a measured depth of the respective pixel (e.g. as determined using a captured depth map) and/or on a level of focus (or defocus) of the respective pixel as determined through filtering. The focal plane images may be displayed on a multifocal-plane display and may be used to generate a virtual viewpoint.