A system for displaying a virtual image to a user includes a light engine to generate a display light representing the virtual image; a diffractive waveguide to converge a first component light of the generated display light at a first focal distance from an eye of the user, and to converge one or more additional component lights of the generated display light at one or more distinct other focal distances from the eye of the user; and one or more processors communicatively coupled to the light engine and configured to modify the virtual image in order to compensate for a perceived distortion of at least one additional component light of the one or more additional component lights.