The invention provides an imaging device comprised of nanoscale crossbar arrays upon a transmissive medium. The preferred embodiment employs a BOPET film as the transparent material bearing addressable nanoscale arrays, and the arrays connected to leads through micro lithographic techniques, and in turn connected to a logic device. An imaging volume is provided by stacking the array-bearing sheets. The volumetric imaging device functions omnidirectionally. By means of applying Fourier and/or geometric optics techniques to imaging data, various focal points and planes of focus can be calculated. The preferred embodiment is on the order of 1 cubic mm. Alternate embodiments include display and projection devices.