Ha yes it's very gothic! It's quite magnificent really... I would have liked to have seen it. Maybe in another ten years.
You're right. We aren't truly present. I think I prefer my marvels on my own, screen less. Perhaps translating the experience into the very personal medium of language which captures the moment better and is only shared amongst my nearest and dearest, such as people on Hive, but even so, at a later time, when it's been fully marvelled at, digested, mulled over.