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Is it a coincidence that the light field lens resembles the compound eye of an insect? Could a similar process be happening in the insect’s visual cortex to rep

Is it a coincidence that the light field lens resembles the compound eye of an insect? Could a similar process be happening in the insect’s visual cortex to reproject multiple views? Insects can’t move their eyes like humans, but apparently fruit flies can move their retinas. That seems very similar to the single focal point they demonstrated in the video.

intrasight 3y ago
It is not a coincidence. An insect's compound eye is really virtual lens-retina system. A good diagram of the evolution of eyes https://www.visualcapitalist.com/eye-evolution/ https://www.visualcapitalist.com/eye-evolution/ Also of interest is this article on using metasurfaces to achieve the same. I'm sure that optical frequency meta-materials will play important roles in AR/VR. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-15460-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-15460-0