Analyzing James Joyce: A Digital Adventure

What’s the future for James Joyce’s Ulysses? Can we imagine an immersive Virtual Reality 3D experience of its chapters? In this seminar we’ll design our own Digital Humanities project bringing a series of analytical and creative tools to bear on the space of this preposterous book.

An Unparalleled Story

Using all the critical, creative, and technical skills we can assemble with mapping, network analysis, databases, and timelines; using 3D modeling and photography; using our drone, and ultimately, employing game engine technology, we’ll try to construct a number of immersive experiences of scenes from the novel for viewing on Oculus Rift. Bring your imagination.

Goals of the Project

In this highly experimental, demanding, and project-orientated Advanced Topic Seminar, we will work in groups to research, design, and produce two products: a 3D game based on James Joyce’s Ulysses, and a dynamic website to showcase the work of the class. But our primary goal is to engage energetically with Joyce’s great work in as novel a way as possible. The class will demand extensive research, deep reading, careful writing, creative thinking, much innovation, and a willingness to share and cooperate.

Made with Unity

A ready-made flexible, fast and high-end game engine.

Sound Updates: 10/4/16

The sound team has been hard at work this past week gathering all the audio assets needed for the Immersed in Tomorrow conference demonstration of the Joycestick MVP. In addition to conducti…

Immersed in Tomorrow: Guest Speakers

Scot Osterweil: Scot Osterweil is the Creative Director of the Education Arcade and a research director in the MIT Comparative Media Studies/Writing Program. He is a designer of award-win…

Immersed in Tomorrow: Schedule of Events

9.00    --    Coffee & Pastries 9.30    --    Session 1: Games and Fiction: unpacking the coming convergence Scot Osterweil (Creative Director of the Education Arcade;  Research Director…

Sound Updates: 9/26/16

The sound team has spent the past few weeks restructuring both our goals and team roster to better suit the evolving nature and vision of Joycestick as a game in virtual reality. Joining Rya…