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.

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.

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.

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