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Audio-Visual: An artifact with the components
image and sound.
Cross-Modal: Interaction between sensory
and perceptual modes, in this case, of vision and
hearing.
Realism: Representation of objects as they
may appear in the real world.
Uncanny Valley: A theory that as human-
likeness increases, an object will be regarded as
less familiar and more strange, evoking a negative
effect for the viewer (Mori, 1970).

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