Eartha M.M. White Virtual Reality Experience
Description
A virtual reality experience built in QuestBuild featuring the Eartha M.M. White Museum.
The video below is a 360 version of the Eartha M.M. White VR Experience. This version loses the interactive functionality but still offers all of the information. The Eartha M.M. White VR experience tells the story of Northeast Florida native, Eartha M. M. White, a prominent African American female from Jacksonville who founded the Clara White Mission.
The VR narrative biography tells the story of Ms. White's life and all of her accomplishments. It also gives a glimpse into her home and base of operations which is now the Eartha M.M. White Museum located in Jacksonville, FL.
The QuestBuild file is also available as s sideload from SideQuest VR at the following address: https://sidequestvr.com/app/23105/eartha-mm-white-vr-experience
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Publication Date:
2023
Publisher:
Thomas G. Carpenter Library
City:
Jacksonville, FL
Keywords:
Virtual Reality; VR
Disciplines:
African American Studies | History | United States History | Women's History
Recommended Citation
White-Bing, Beryl; Toler, Adonnica; Stewart, Lydia; Fisher, Meg; Swiatosz, Susan; Bibb, Jenn; McCowan, Trina; and Pfeil, Kevin, "Eartha M.M. White Virtual Reality Experience" (2023). Virtual Learning Center Media. 1.
https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/vlc_media/1
Controlled Terms
Eartha M. M. White Collection; White, Eartha Mary Magdalene, 1876-1974 -- Archives; African American philanthropists -- Florida -- Jacksonville -- History -- 20th century – Archives; Clara White Mission -- Founder -- History -- 20th century – Archives
Comments
Credits:
Director and Producer – Beryl White-Bing, Virtual Learning Librarian at the University of North Florida
Associate Producers – Adonnica Toler, Lydia Stewart, Meg Fisher at the Eartha M.M. White Museum
Writer – Susan Swiatosz, Head of Special Collections and University Archives at the University of North Florida
Director of Photography – Jenn Bibb, Coordinator of Special Collections at the University of North Florida
Narrator – Trina McCowan, Assessment Librarian at the University of North Florida
Production Design – Dr. Kevin Pfeil, Asisstant professor in the UNF School of Computing
Production Crew – Steven Drummond, Christopher Clark, VLC Students
Special thanks to Ju’Coby Pittman, CEO of Clara White Mission and Dr. Brent Mai, Dean of Thomas G. Carpenter Library, University of North Florida for their continued support for this project.
This project has been funded in part through a 2023 Northeast Florida Library Information Network (NEFLIN) Innovative Project Award.