Thomas G. Carpenter Library
1 UNF Drive
Jacksonville, FL 32224
Phone: 904-620-2615
Text: 904-507-4122
For questions and tour requests, email lib-systems@unf.edu
To schedule library instruction, submit a request:
https://unf.libwizard.com/f/instruction
To contact the VLC desk during open hours call (904) 620-4038
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Spring Semester Until April 23rd
Monday-Thursday: 12:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Friday: 1:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Intersession April 26th to May 7th
Monday-Tuesday: 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m
Wedesday: 10:00 a.m to 2:00 p.m.
Summer May 8th to July 30th
Monday-Thursday: 11:30 a.m to 5 p.m
Friday-Sunday: Closed
All new users must complete the Virtual Learning Center User Acknowledgement and create a Steam Account before using equipment.
The Virtual Learning Center (VLC) provides a space for faculty and student interaction with virtual content that enhances learning. Faculty and students can explore and gain a better understanding of this emerging technology with Vive Pro Eye Headsets and a variety of games and experiences.
The VLC is located on the third floor of the library and offers the following:
Access the Virtual Learning Center's Digital Commons Collection here.
The VLC has the following Virtual Reality software available:
Title | Summary |
1943 Berlin Blitz | In September 1943, a BBC reporter boarded a plane on an allied bombing raid over Berlin. The incredible recording he returned with forms the basis of this breathtaking experience by BBC Northern Ireland and Immersive VR Education, putting you inside a Lancaster bomber as it navigates a most dangerous journey. |
Becoming Homeless | The Fundamental Attribution Error describes how we blame others when bad things happen to them, but blame the external situations when bad things happen to us. There is a misconception that losing one's home is due to who you are and the choices you make. Becoming Homeless: A Human Experience seeks to counter this belief. |
Beyond the Walls: Smithsonian American Art Museum | Go Beyond the Walls, a virtual reality experience that puts users directly in the museum’s galleries of the Smithsonian American Art Museum! Beyond the Walls blends photoreal imagery of artworks from SAAM’s collection with augmented elements to let users interact with and learn about the museum’s collection using a headset and handheld controller. |
Blocks by Google | Blocks lets you easily create 3D objects in virtual reality, no matter your modelling experience. Using six simple tools, you can bring your applications to life, create a volumetric masterpiece, or simply let your imagination run wild. |
The Book of Distance | In 1935, Yonezo Okita left his home in Japan and began a new life in Canada. Then war and state-sanctioned racism changed everything—he became the enemy. His grandson leads us on an interactive virtual pilgrimage through an emotional geography of immigration and family to recover what was lost. |
B. Braun Future Operating Room | Experience how a surgery can look like in the future. Enter an innovative nanobot simulation and remove as many damaged vessels from inside your patient's body as possible. This experience is only available on the standing stations. |
The Body VR: Journey Inside a Cell | The Body VR: Journey Inside a Cell is an educational virtual reality experience that takes the user inside the human body. Travel through the bloodstream and discover how blood cells work to spread oxygen throughout the body. Enter one of the billions of living cells inside our body and learn how the organelles work together to fight deadly viruses. |
Dreams of Dali | Enjoy the remarkable marriage of art and technology in Dreams of Dali, a virtual reality experience from The Dali Museum (St. Petersburg, FL), as you explore Dali's painting “Archaeological Reminiscence of Millet's ‘Angelus’.” Immerse yourself in the world of the Surrealist master like never before in this encounter, venturing into the towers, peering from them to distant lands and discovering surprises around every corner. |
Experience: Colorblindness | Have you ever wondered how colorblind people see the world? Now you can experience it yourself. |
Google Earth VR | Google Earth VR lets you explore the world from totally new perspectives in virtual reality. Stroll the streets of Tokyo, soar over the Grand Canyon, or walk around the Eiffel Tower. This virtual reality app lets you see the world’s cities, landmarks, and natural wonders. You can fly over a city, stand at the top of the highest peaks, and even soar into space. Earth VR comes with cinematic tours and hand-picked destinations that send you to the Amazon River, the Manhattan skyline, the Grand Canyon, the Swiss Alps, and more. |
Nanome | Explore chemistry and the nano-scale world from a whole new perspective. Build your own molecular structures out of thin air, explore the intricacies of a DNA strand or understand what medicine looks like at the molecular level. |
The VR Museum of Fine Art | The initial release of The VR Museum includes 15 high-fidelity sculptures, and more are coming. In addition, two famous paintings are included, scanned and rendered in crisp detail. In future releases, both collections of sculpture and paintings are sure to expand. The artwork is arranged thoughtfully into four exhibits, each with its own theme. |