A transparent display and a transparent multiview display an image while enabling a background scene to be visible through the display. The transparent display includes a light guide having a scattering feature and an array of light valves configured to modulate emitted light scattered from the light guide to provide modulated emitted light representing a displayed image. Transparency of a combination of the light guide and the array of light valves is configured to enable the background scene to be visible through the transparent display. The transparent multiview display includes the light guide and a plurality of multibeam elements configured to scatter guided light from the light guide as a plurality of directional light beam. The transparent multiview display further includes an array of light valves to modulate the directional light beams to provide the display image as a multiview image.