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A 3D display apparatus and method that address the vergence-accommodation conflict. A display screen component includes a display screen pixel array adapted to display a display screen image, a microlens imaging component including an array of microlenses corresponding to the display screen pixel array that can form a virtual or a real image of the display screen image, and a controllable movement component coupled to the imaging component or the display screen, wherein the imaging component and the display screen are controllably movable relative to each other, further wherein upon a controlled movement of the imaging component relative to the display screen, a location of the virtual or the real image along an optical axis is controllably changed.