<story><title>Sistine Chapel</title><url>http://www.vatican.va/various/cappelle/sistina_vr/index.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>jacquesm</author><text>Very nice. In fact, almost nicer than being there (though you should do that anyway if you get the chance). Because now you can experience the details for as long as you want without a hundred other people around you who are just as annoyed at you as you are at them.&lt;p&gt;I get it that a tourist complaining about tourist attractions being too crowded is total hypocrisy on my part. But at the same time what I wouldn&amp;#x27;t give to be able to stand in that chapel for as long as I wanted just to look, all by myself. And now I can. We live in amazing times.&lt;p&gt;Be sure to look &amp;#x27;up&amp;#x27; and use the zoom feature.&lt;p&gt;The only improvement I can think of is a &amp;#x27;link&amp;#x27; icon that you can use to cut-and-paste a certain viewpoint + zoom so that you can show others specific details, and two more viewpoints at the end and the beginning (so you don&amp;#x27;t lose the corners due to distortion).</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Locke1689</author><text>Having tried the Oculus Rift, the potential to experience this would be incredible. Although there&amp;#x27;s nothing quite like just sitting on a worn stone bench alone in a cathedral, just the chill air around you.&lt;p&gt;It often makes me wish for a non-religious religion -- just a refuge of tranquility.</text></comment>
<story><title>Sistine Chapel</title><url>http://www.vatican.va/various/cappelle/sistina_vr/index.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>jacquesm</author><text>Very nice. In fact, almost nicer than being there (though you should do that anyway if you get the chance). Because now you can experience the details for as long as you want without a hundred other people around you who are just as annoyed at you as you are at them.&lt;p&gt;I get it that a tourist complaining about tourist attractions being too crowded is total hypocrisy on my part. But at the same time what I wouldn&amp;#x27;t give to be able to stand in that chapel for as long as I wanted just to look, all by myself. And now I can. We live in amazing times.&lt;p&gt;Be sure to look &amp;#x27;up&amp;#x27; and use the zoom feature.&lt;p&gt;The only improvement I can think of is a &amp;#x27;link&amp;#x27; icon that you can use to cut-and-paste a certain viewpoint + zoom so that you can show others specific details, and two more viewpoints at the end and the beginning (so you don&amp;#x27;t lose the corners due to distortion).</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>bane</author><text>And without the guards yelling &amp;quot;NO PHOTO!!!&amp;quot; every 10-20 seconds at people who dare to try to get a photo of the chapel that&amp;#x27;s not nearly as nice as this.&lt;p&gt;Copyright is maddening sometimes. [1]&lt;p&gt;1 - &lt;a href=&quot;http://mentalfloss.com/article/54641/reason-why-no-photography-allowed-sistine-chapel&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;mentalfloss.com&amp;#x2F;article&amp;#x2F;54641&amp;#x2F;reason-why-no-photograp...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>