Well, if ye think about it from a perspective of recording things

Most of our ancestors may have been able to look at things as it is, according to their eyes, but they've never seen it recorded in photos and videos, let alone in color or good quality, until these relatively recent centuries that we now live in...

It gives a new perspective to the world around us, beyond our eyes, and is probably the closest we'd ever get from literally looking at someone else's point of view...