穿越經典——圖書館以虛擬實境推廣閱讀之個案研究

A Case Study of Library Using Virtual Reality to Promote Classic Reading

因應數位閱讀的興起，除了傳統紙本圖書和新一代電子書外，圖書館是否能進一步提供其他創新科技的閱讀方式，值得關注。南臺科技大學圖書館、多媒體與電腦娛樂科學系，以及國家圖書館，為此共同合作在教育部補助「大學以社教機構為基地之數位人文計畫」支持下，提出「穿越經典：漢學場景虛擬實境閱讀體驗先導計畫」。本研究係以17 世紀郁永河《裨海紀遊》為基礎，試圖將文本內容轉換為視覺化的虛擬實境場景，營造情境，讓讀者體驗古代文學作品描述的情境，深化知識，增加閱讀的樂趣和情境。本文除介紹VR 在閱讀方面的發展，並試圖以計畫為個案研究，探討VR 在閱讀活動上是否構成一種新的體驗。

With the rise of digital readership, it is worth considering whether libraries can take steps to use technology to promote new ways of reading, beyond the use of traditional books and the first generation of e-books. Under the “University Plan for Digital Humanities in Social Education Institutions,” funded by the Ministry of Education, the Department of Multimedia and Entertainment Sciences and the Library of the Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology have collaborated with the National Central Library in “Journeying through the Classics: A Preliminary Project on the Reading Experience in Virtual Reality in Scenes from the Chinese Classics.” This project is based upon the work, A Small Sea Travel Diary 裨海 紀遊, by the seventeenth-century author Yu Yonghe 郁永河, and uses the contents of the work to create scenes in virtual reality. This allows the reader to experience the classical author’s descriptions with a deeper understanding, enhancing the reading pleasure and atmosphere. This article introduces the development of reading with virtual reality technology, and on the basis of this project, assesses whether or not virtual reality can add new experiential dimensions to the activity of reading.