It seems the picture tag implementation in the nuxt/image package is lacking basic picture tag features.

The picture tag and its sources (who act like regular images - with srcset and sizes, but with the addition of the "media" attribute) is meant to be able to show a different image for different matches in that media attribute.

Currently one source is added in the code which acts as a normal image tag with srcset and sizes.
However, there is no mention of the media attribute in the implementation.
see: https://github.com/nuxt/image/blob/main/src/runtime/components/nuxt-picture.vue

A picture tag is mainly used in a more "Art Direction" way and not “Resolution Switching”.

<picture> is capable of handling resolution switching, however you shouldn’t use it if that’s all you need. In such cases stick with a regular element plus srcset and sizes.

Example of average picture tag usage:

1. On landscape devices I show an image in a 22:9 aspect ratio and a specific crop.
2. On portrait devices I show an image in 1:1 ratio and with a crop on the face.

These two images are different. Not just their width/height, they are actually different files with different aspects ratios and compositions. Each one is a source in the picture tag. Each of these <source /> tags also has a srcset and a sizes attribute so they behave like a normal image nuxt image would. They have an additional media attribute which defines when they are shown. This field has a media query in it that tells the browser in which context to show the source.

An HTML example:

<picture>
    <source
        media="(orientation: landscape)"
        srcset="image-small.png 320w,
                image-medium.png 800w,
                image-large.png 1200w"
        sizes="(min-width: 60rem) 80vw,
               (min-width: 40rem) 90vw,
               100vw">
    <source
        media="(orientation: portrait)"
        srcset="image-small-portrait.png 160w,
                image-medium-portrait.png 400w,
                image-large-portrait.png 600w"
        sizes="(min-width: 60rem) 80vw,
               (min-width: 40rem) 90vw,
               100vw">
    <img src="image-small.png" alt="Image description">
</picture>

You can of course also use the picture tag for file type support etc

<picture>
  <source type="image/webp" srcset="illustration.webp">
  <img src="illustration.png" alt="A hand-made illustration">
</picture>

With the above in mind we should be able to add multiple images into the nuxt picture tag so sources can be generated with media attributes.

See image for differences: