Embodiments relate to a foveated display, in which a display device receives image data to be displayed that comprises a plurality of display regions associated with different image resolutions, and metadata that is indicative of locations of the plurality of display regions associated with different image resolutions. A display driver integrated circuit (DDIC) of the display device comprises an expander circuit configured to determine locations of one or more macropixels to be displayed by the display area based on the received metadata, wherein each macropixel corresponds to a grouping of native pixels of the display area onto which image data is loaded to concurrently.