While studying reflection through a plane mirror, I have been told that when the object is real the image will be virtual and the image will be real while the object is virtual.  What are virtual objects? Do they really exist in nature?
I'm doing magnification and lens in class currently, and I really don't get why virtual and real images are called what they are.  A virtual image occurs the object is less than the focal length of the lens from the lens, and a real image occurs when an object is further than focal length.  By why virtual and real? What's the difference? You can't touch an image no matter what it's called, because it's just light.
I'm doing magnification and lens in class currently, and I really don't get why virtual and real images are called what they are.  A virtual image occurs the object is less than the focal length of the lens from the lens, and a real image occurs when an object is further than focal length.  By why virtual and real? What's the difference? You can't touch an image no matter what it's called, because it's just light.