Can virtual reality help us appreciate literature?

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This story first aired in March, 2016.
If you haven't read James Joyce's Ulysses​, you're not alone! That's why Dublin filmmaker Eoghan Kidney(external link) has designed a virtual reality version(external link) that he hopes will help people appreciate the famous book. Spark contributor Elliot Rambach(external link) tries it out, and ponders the experience of VR versus IRL.