# Mirror And Reality Are images on a mirror mirages? Which mean virtual and fake? No. If you can see a person through a mirror, the person can see you through the mirror too. Because of symmetry. Since light came through the path to reach you, light also go through the exact same path in the inverse way. So if you point out an image with a laser pointer, the laser will reach the exact point of the object. Imagine if Plato's cave was made of mirrors.