Did You Miss the Original Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius? Now You Can Experience It in Augmented Reality in Pompeii

For those curious to know what it was like to asphyxiate in a cloud of ash or have your bodily fluids vaporized, now’s your chance.

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According to ARTnews’s source item, Did You Miss the Original Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius? Now You Can Experience It in Augmented Reality in Pompeii, For those curious to know what it was like to asphyxiate in a cloud of ash or have your bodily fluids vaporized, now’s your chance.

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