Counting Renaissance butts in Rome with the Meta Ray-Ban Display

A light shining down on Senior Reviewer Victoria Song while wearing the Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses

The lightbulb going off over my head, realizing these glasses feel less creepy when you’re not using them as 24/7 general purpose devices.

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It’s a truth universally acknowledged that an art history buff in Rome ought to see the Sistine Chapel. Less acknowledged is that getting there from the Vatican Museum will potentially take longer than Frodo Baggins’ entire journey to Mordor.

Ostensibly, a well-prepared art lover might have a docent or, at the very least, a working …

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