virtual image
noun
: an image (such as one seen in a plane mirror) formed of points from which divergent rays (as of light) seem to emanate without actually doing so
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The device looks like a pair of ski goggles and and its underlying technology lets users overlay virtual images on live videos of the real world.
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Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2024
Photo Filters Much of the states’ evidence related to virtual image filters, which users can use to adorn their photos and videos, is redacted because it is based on confidential company information.
—WIRED, 24 Oct. 2023
One's view of the right lane is never great, which makes passing and merging a bit tricky, and the flat side glass reflects disconcerting full-size virtual images of traffic passing on the opposite side of the vehicle.
—Frank Markus, Car and Driver, 9 Sep. 2023
Both the fantasy and the deepfake are essentially virtual images produced by previous data input, only one exists in one’s head, the other on a screen.
—WIRED, 23 June 2023
New media revenue will also be pursued in the VR, metaverse and virtual image categories.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 16 June 2023
Roblox has robust moderation efforts, which include scanning text chat for inappropriate words as well as every virtual image uploaded to the game.
—Joel Rosenblatt, Bloomberg.com, 5 Oct. 2022
Motion-capture cameras ringing the soundstage track its position and use that data to compute a realistic virtual image displayed on the monitor.
—Discover Magazine, 29 June 2010
Clearsight Ground View stitches together a virtual image of what's immediately in front of and under the car.
—Joe Lorio, Car and Driver, 11 Nov. 2022
Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2024
Photo Filters Much of the states’ evidence related to virtual image filters, which users can use to adorn their photos and videos, is redacted because it is based on confidential company information.
—WIRED, 24 Oct. 2023
One's view of the right lane is never great, which makes passing and merging a bit tricky, and the flat side glass reflects disconcerting full-size virtual images of traffic passing on the opposite side of the vehicle.
—Frank Markus, Car and Driver, 9 Sep. 2023
Both the fantasy and the deepfake are essentially virtual images produced by previous data input, only one exists in one’s head, the other on a screen.
—WIRED, 23 June 2023
New media revenue will also be pursued in the VR, metaverse and virtual image categories.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 16 June 2023
Roblox has robust moderation efforts, which include scanning text chat for inappropriate words as well as every virtual image uploaded to the game.
—Joel Rosenblatt, Bloomberg.com, 5 Oct. 2022
Motion-capture cameras ringing the soundstage track its position and use that data to compute a realistic virtual image displayed on the monitor.
—Discover Magazine, 29 June 2010
Clearsight Ground View stitches together a virtual image of what's immediately in front of and under the car.
—Joe Lorio, Car and Driver, 11 Nov. 2022
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First Known Use
1859, in the meaning defined above
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virtual image
noun
: an image (as seen in a plane mirror) formed of virtual foci
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