1. An apparatus for generating data displayable by multi-view pixels in a multi-view display, the apparatus comprising: a first data distribution system that receives a plurality of visual content streams; a source of viewing-zone specifications that generates a plurality of viewing-zone specifications; a second data distribution system that receives the plurality of viewing-zone specifications; and a plurality of processing units connected to the first data distribution system and to the second data distribution system; wherein each processing unit is also connected to one or more multi-view pixels of the multi-view display; wherein each processing unit receives one or more of the visual content streams and one or more of the viewing-zone specifications, and generates data displayable by the one or more multi-view pixels to which it is connected; wherein the displayable data generated by each processing unit are based on the one or more visual content streams and on the one or more viewing-zone specifications received by the processing unit.