  In order to overcome the accommodation and convergence (A-C) conflict that
commonly causes visual fatigue in AR display, we propose a
Maxwellian-viewing-super-multi-view (MV-SMV) near-eye display system based on a
Pancharatnam-Berry optical element (PBOE). The PBOE, which is constituted with
an array of high-efficiency polarization gratings, is implemented to direct
different views to different directions simultaneously, constructing the 3D
light field. Meanwhile, each view is like a Maxwellian view display that
possesses a small viewpoint and a large depth of field (DOF). Hence, the MV-SMV
display can display virtual images with correct accommodation depth cue within
a large DOF. We implement a proof-of-concept MV-SMV display prototype with 3 x
1 and 3 x 2 viewpoints using a 1D PBOE and a 2D PBOE, respectively, and achieve
a DOF of 4.37 diopters experimentally.
