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Affordance: The action embedded in an object.
Agency: The amount of control the user has on a virtual Space.
Augmented Reality (AR): Virtual objects overlaid on the real-world environment.
Animations: Objects in motion that enhance the feeling of presence.
Audio composition: Aural design to build presence.
Cognitive load: The amount of information a user absorbs inside the virtual Space.
Cone of focus: The zone where you should place the most relevant information.
Cues: Signals to guide a trajectory or to direct the user's attention.
Emotional palette: Feelings that set the tone and trigger action within the virtual Space.
First point of view: User's narrative mechanics as a protagonist inside the virtual Space.
Freedom of choice: The user's capacity to move inside the virtual Space at his own will.
"Free Me" environment: Type of environment where the user moves around the virtual Space with a sole exploration purpose.
Global agency: The user holds the power to change the entire story.
Grounded environment: Type of environment for a static audience to be seated, tethered, or immobile.
High poly: Class of 3D objects with a higher number of meshed polygons.
Human-in-the-Loop approach: This approach refers to an autonomous system that depends on human input.
Immersion: The credibility of a virtual Space triggered by technical mechanics.
Interactions: Actions the user performs, which intensify his agency.
Iteration: A second and more sophisticated version, focused on the environment mechanics.
Local agency: The user holds the power to change one scene inside the story.
Low poly: Class of 3D objects with less number of meshed polygons.
Map environment: Type of environment for active users who move around to achieve a goal.
Mixed Reality (MR): Virtual environment combined with the real world that interacts with it.
Navigation: Movements, control inputs, and ease within the virtual environment.
Nodes: Small units that contain specific customizable properties.
Presence: The feeling of really being in a virtual realm.
Prototype: First and basic version of a virtual Space.
Stereoscopic sound: Soundtrack class that creates the illusion of multi-directional audible perspective.
Storytelling: Narrative mechanics used to organize a series of events.
Testing: Final stage, meant to validate the Space mechanics by watching an audience experience them.
Visual composition: Aesthetic choices that defines your experience's identity.
Virtual Reality (VR): Users are immersed in a fully artificial digital environment that shuts out the real world.
VR multi-sensory interface: Sight, hearing, and touch create one coherent feeling of presence.

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