The phrase "appear as real" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing perceptions, illusions, or representations that seem genuine or authentic.
Example: "In the virtual reality game, the graphics are so advanced that they appear as real as the physical world."
Alternatives: "seem genuine" or "look authentic".
For "Computer Chess," he hired computer scientists who helped him make the movie appear as real as possible.
To make the moment appear as real as possible, he actually wrapped his head in plastic and sealed it with duct tape.
Although Rita/Camilla appear as real people in the movie they actually function as avatars for the Hollywood-Myth.
For this reason Mr. Farrar and his team sought to make Shockwave's eye appear as real as possible, with a lens, a moving iris and a light inside that can oscillate.
Areas of focal fat sparing are enhanced because they have functional hepatocytes and these can appear as real focal lesions in the dynamic phases.
In the industry, new universal and stable memory technologies will appear as real contenders to displace either or both NAND Flash and DRAM.
But strangeness turns to uncanniness when we realize that the infant in the photograph is, in fact, the doll here, one that is known as a reborn: a figure that is painstakingly made from vinyl or silicone and meant to appear as much like a real baby as possible.
By appearing as real, individual and approachable, she has prompted customers to share their problems and frustrations with her.
The creator of the malicious ads posed as Vonage, the Internet telephone company, and persuaded NYTimes.com to run ads that initially appeared as real ads for Vonage.
Instead of a holographic representation of the feminist will to power, Beyoncé appears as real flesh and blood – fallible, sentimental and ruled by contradictory impulses.
Though Guardian writer Dave Schilling wrote "Forgiveness isn't very fierce at first glance", he, too, comes to view it as a strength through the force of Beyoncé's narrative: "Instead of a holographic representation of the feminist will to power, Beyoncé appears as real flesh and blood – fallible, sentimental and ruled by contradictory impulses".
