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Google Maps will now let you avoid pricey toll roads

Mashable VR

Google Maps has your back. In a blog post on Tuesday, Google announced a handful of small new features that could actually make a nice difference for those who use Maps for their driving commutes. First, Google will roll out tollbooth tracking for navigation in the U.S., Japan, India, and Indonesia this month.

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Google Maps now tells you exactly how much those toll roads will cost

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With this in mind, Google has activated a new feature on Maps that shows you the cost of toll roads on your trip. SEE ALSO: Simple Google Maps tips and tricks that everyone should know. Google originally announced this feature in April , saying it would roll out later that month, but we had to wait a little longer for it to go live.

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Chinese Headset With XR2+ Gen 2 Is An Apple Vision Pro & Quest Pro Crossover

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When Qualcomm announced Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2 in January, a higher-end variant of the chipset used in Meta Quest 3, the company told UploadVR that it will power Immersed's Visor , Samsung's upcoming Google-powered headset , a yet-to-be-announced new HTC Vive headset, a YVR headset in China, and a fifth headset from a currently undisclosed company.

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Play For Dream Launches Kickstarter To Bring Its Apple Vision Pro & Quest Pro Crossover To The West

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Play For Dream MR was announced back in June , but at the time the company only confirmed it was launching in China soon, Singapore and Malaysia in October, and then Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, and Japan sometime in 2025. Play For Dream MR doesn't run Horizon OS , or even Pico OS or Google's upcoming Android XR.

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Hands On: VR PARK-V3 Google Cardboard Headset

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While the west seems to be slowing the pace of adoption ahead of content frenzy coming next year, China and Taiwan seem to be the birthplaces of VR boom which is spreading like wildfire not just in their domestic markets, but also in countries like Indonesia. I am talking about VR PARK-V3 headset, designed for smartphones between 4.7

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How I use CoSpaces to help students create their dreams

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In most of what I’ve done with virtual reality prior to using CoSpaces, students have consumed the content to connect to a learning objective — mainly Google Expeditions and Nearpod VR. Since we our school uses Google Apps for Education , students are quickly able to create accounts with Google Single Sign-On.

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Who is Trying to Make Key App for VR?

VRWorld

It’s probably fair to say that VR travel in 2016 was the domain of 360-degree photo tours like Google Street View and YouVisit, which aren’t the most dynamic or exciting reasons to don a VR headset.

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