Turning James Joyce’s ‘Ulysses’ into a virtual reality game
BOSTON — Students are developing a virtual reality game based on James Joyce’s “Ulysses” as part of a class at Boston College.
The goal of “Joycestick” is to expose new audiences to the works of one of Ireland’s most celebrated authors, as well as to give a glimpse of how virtual reality can be used to enhance literature, said Joseph Nugent, the Boston College English professor who is co-ordinating the project.
“This is a new way to experience the power of a novel,” he said. “We’re really at the edge of VR. There’s no guidance for this. What we have produced has been purely out of our imagination.”
Nugent and his students hope to release a version of the game on June 16 in Dublin during Bloomsday, the city’s annual celebration of the author and novel. They’ve already showcased their progress at an academic conference in Rome last month.