Virtual image display device

A virtual image display device comprising:

• a light source that emits a light beam;
• a polarization direction switch that switches a polarization direction of the light beam emitted from the light source between a first polarization direction and a second polarization direction;
• an image generator that generates image light from the light beam emitted from the light source;
• a first optical path through which the light beam having the first polarization direction travels;
• a second optical path through which the light beam having the second polarization direction travels, an optical path length of the second optical path being longer than an optical path length of the first optical path;
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• a light reflector that projects the light beam emerging from the first and second optical paths such that the projected light from the first optical path forms an image that is displayed as a virtual image at a first distance from an observer and the projected light from the second optical path forms an image that is displayed as another virtual image at a second distance farther than the first distance from the observer.