Direct link to the virtual tour: https://virtual.basilicasanpietro.va/en

What does AI have to do with this? They thoroughly scanned the thing, where's the need for AI?

This brings back memories of Microsoft's acquisition of SeaDragon. At the time they had a really compelling demo (at least for me) of reconstructing 3D locations based on a smatterings of photos.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seadragon_Software

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFSsTwXLqsc

Seeing a digital version of it in such detail only further reinforces how important it is to experience it in person.

Few sights of man-made things have instilled as much awe in me as La Basilica Di San Pietro and most of them are also in Rome (namely the Pantheon and Moses @ Basilica di San Pietro in Vincoli).