The invention relates to a method and a corresponding device for providing a glare shield in a vehicle. Various embodiments are described for a glare shield device (100, 112) which is designed to selectively block light from a source of glare (401) at least partially for an eye (403, 404) of a viewer. In one embodiment, the glare shield device (112) comprises at least a first light-permeable layer (431, 441) having a plurality of elements. The light permeability of the plurality of elements can be altered separately. The elements of the plurality of elements each have a viewing direction range (421, 443). A reduction in the light permeability of an element is perceived more strongly when viewed by an eye (403, 404) of the viewer from a direction within the viewing direction range (421, 443) than when viewed from a direction outside of the viewing direction range (421, 443). The glare shield device (112) is designed to select a first element (442) from the plurality of elements of the first layer (431, 441), so that the first element (442) lies on a light trajectory between the source of glare (401) and a first eye (403) of the viewer, the light trajectory between the source of glare (401) and the first eye (403) lies within the viewing direction range (421, 443) of the first element (442), and a light trajectory between the source of glare (402) and a second eye (404) of the viewer lies outside of the viewing direction range (421, 443) of the first element (442).