College students in Boston are developing a virtual reality game based on James Joyce's ponderous tome Ulysses.
Joseph Nugent is an English professor at Boston College. He says the goal of "Joycestick" is to expose new audiences to the works of one of Ireland's most celebrated authors and to give a glimpse of how virtual reality can be used to enhance literature.
Enda Duffy, who chairs the English department at the University of California, Santa Barbara and has tried a prototype of the game, says Ulysses is an ideal book to be turned into a VR experience.
Nugent and his students hope to release a version on June 16 in Dublin during the Irish city's annual celebration of the author and novel.
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