I think modern volumetric fog is the major recent tech step that enables this. Once fog could be placed in space and lit and, importantly, used to paint the light in the space, we solved a big chunk of what made landscape art appealing.
I’ve been taking shots of Scorn in a frenzy because they’re such immaculate concept dioramas, which, well, if the entire conceit of the project is a dead artist’s work made navigable, I guess that’s what we should expect.
