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Virtual image
In optics, a virtual image is a representation of an actual (source) object that we see due to curving (converging or diverging) rays of light. No image can be captured using a screen where the virtual image seems to be, because, curved light rays don't draw the image on that plane (as opposed to a real image where curving rays actually draw a representation of the source object on a plane).
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