A virtual image display system for displaying virtual images having expanded resolution and field of view is disclosed. The virtual image display system comprises a first light emitter emitting a plurality of first light signals to be projected into a viewer's eye; a first light direction modifier varying a light direction of the plurality of first light signals emitted from the first light emitter. The light direction of first light signals is varied at a first scan rate with respect to time within a first spatial range for displaying a first image frame with a predetermined number of light signals and the first scan rate is non-constant.