淺談星雲大師《釋迦牟尼佛傳》VR「虛擬實境」之數位應用

Brief Talk on the Digital Application of Virtual Reality to Shi Xingyun's ''The Legned of Shakyamuni''

《釋迦牟尼佛傳》是星雲大師「以文學弘傳佛法」最具代表性的經典，充分體現了文學創作在佛教宣傳中的積極作用，對於星雲大師倡議之「人間佛教」中以文弘法之工作，具有重要意義。本文透過VR「虛擬實境」技術運用，將《釋迦牟尼佛傳》改寫為遊戲腳本設計，提出VR「虛擬實境」技術應用之方向，期盼增進《釋迦牟尼佛傳》之數位傳播與影響力，並符合現代人喜歡聲光影像和身歷其境的心理傾向，進而推廣《釋迦牟尼佛傳》，強化在社會上之接受度。透過當代嶄新科技，帶領讀者深入經藏之智慧。以《釋迦牟尼佛傳》作為VR「虛擬實境」之數位應用，實具有學科交融跨領域精神，亦符合當代文學研究創新，此亦為本文之重要寫作動機。

'The Legend of Shakyamuni'' is Shi Xingyun's most representative classic, which fully shows the importance of literature creation on the promotion of Buddhism. On the other hand, the work is of great development significance on Shi Xingyun's advocate of Humanistic Buddhism. By adopting the technology of virtual reality,“The Legend of Shakyamuni”is re-written and designed into a game script. Hence, the article aims to propose a direction for the application of VR technology to literature works with a hope to enhance the digital dissemination and influence of ''The Legend of Shakyamuni.'' Moreover, the use of images and virtual reality is accordance with modern people's psychological tendency. The new technology is expected to strengthen the social acceptance, enhance the promotion of“The Legend of Shakyamuni”and leads readers to deepen the wisdom of sutras. The digital application of virtual reality to“The Legend of Shakyamuni”possesses the transdisciplinary spirit and is in line with the innovation of contemporary literature research, which are the key motivations of this article.