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Find great staff TM The news & jobs magazine from Attractions Management AM2 AM2.jobs 9 NOVEMBER 2016 ISSUE 64 TripAdvisor change shuts out many animal attractions TripAdvisor will no longer sell and their interactions with tickets to attractions that include tourists, and their impact direct contact with wild animals on wildlife conservation. or endangered species following Viator – TripAdvisor’s a change in company policy. booking service – says for The travel site says the decision, several years it has prohibited which will a ect hundreds of travel bookings where wild animal attractions worldwide, animals are “killed or injured includes but is not limited to for blood sport”. TripAdvisor elephant rides, petting tigers, and has already banned reviews swim with dolphin attractions. for businesses promoting In addition to the change attractions such as bullfi ghts or in policy, TripAdvisor will captive hunts. The new policy also partner with a number does have some exemptions, of trade groups, conservation Dolphin swims are among the attractions now excluded via the policy such as horseback riding and organisations, academic children’s petting zoos, as well as experts, tourism experts, of the Association of Zoos and initiative will help inform aquariums, zoos or sanctuaries and animal welfare groups Aquariums (AZA) and People travellers about the standards where there is supervised to launch of a new education for the Ethical Treatment of care for wild, captive, and physical animal interaction. portal. Working with the likes of Animals (PETA), the new endangered species in tourism More: http://lei.sr?a=c2P4M_A Atari founder launches new virtual reality company Atari founder Nolan Bushnell has launched of less than 10 milliseconds, o ering near a new virtual reality company which is perfect visuals for multiplayer action. introducing a hands-free, moveable version of “Modal is well beyond the limitations we the medium that can be used over large areas. thought possible,” said Shaun Novak, senior The Los Angeles-based Modal VR has director of production at Machinima – a been co-founded by Bushnell and Modal company using the tech to develop software. tech developer Jason Crawford. The “The wireless portability, full-body tracking and company touts itself at the high end of the massive play area really allows for compelling virtual reality market, pitching its products experience in and out of the headset.” to businesses rather than the consumer. The Modal system is currently still in The new technology uses standing prototype stage, with developers kits shipping sensors the follow and record movement. soon. The Modal VR tech’s advanced system Combined with a full-body tracking suit, could well provide competition to the like’s Modal’s technology o ers a wireless of Hololens and Oculus Rift, which are platform that works in an area as large as aimed at consumers rather than business. 900,000sq ft (83,600sq m) with a latency The VR system is currently still a prototype More: http://lei.sr?a=p6U2R_A Magazine sign up at PDF for iPad, Kindle & smart phone Online on digital turning pages Twitter follow us: GET AM2.jobs/subs AM2.jobs/pdf AM2.jobs/digital @am2jobs AM2 Job board live job updates Ezine sign up for weekly updates, Instant sign up for instant alerts, RSS sign up for job & news feeds AM2.jobs AM2.jobs/ezine AM2.jobs/instant AM2.jobs/rss CONTACT US AM2 NEWS Attractions jobs & news AM2.jobs Leisure Media Tel +44 (0)1462 431385 Fax +44 (0)1462 433909 Dual designs unveiled for LA and SF Lucas Museum e-mail [email protected] The saga of George Lucas’ long-running Subscriptions attempt to build a Museum of Narrative Arts [email protected] in the US has taken another surprising twist, Editor with concept designs released for locations Liz Terry +44 (0)1462 431385 in both San Francisco and Los Angeles. 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