Google Maps app turns learning into a game with a monster as your avatar
 

Google Maps app turns learning into a game with a monster as your avatar
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Google is great when it comes to helping users harness its data to learn about our world, but a new tool geared toward children takes that dynamic to a new level by turning maps into a kind of game.*

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Verne: The Himalayas is an app that uses the three-dimensional data from Google Maps and presents it through the guidance of a 500-foot tall friendly Yeti named Verne.*

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The app, which uses the Unity Game Engine, allows you to control the cartoon-style Yeti as it walks, runs, hand glides, skates and even jetpacks around the Himalayan Mountains.* Read more...

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