"Every player at this summer's World Cup will have their own physically accurate AI avatar that will be used in taking VAR decisions. The innovation, which will involve every player being digitally scanned and leaves the possibility of size mattering in future offside calls, was part of a package of technological measures announced by Fifa's president, Gianni Infantino, as he made a keynote appearance at the Consumer Electronic Show in Las Vegas."
"Semi-automated offside technology (SAOT) is an extension of the VAR protocols that automates key elements of the offside decision-making process for the video assistant referee. In the Premier League, SAOT involves 30 cameras identifying the position of the ball and tracking up to 10,000 data points on a players' location but the graphical models used to reach a final decision do not match with a player's actual size."
Every player at the upcoming World Cup will be digitally scanned to create a physically accurate AI avatar used in VAR decisions. AI-enabled 3D avatars aim to ensure precise player identification and tracking and to speed up offside rulings. The avatars could allow player size to be considered in future offside calls. Semi-automated offside technology (SAOT) currently uses multiple cameras and thousands of data points, but existing graphical models do not match a player's actual size. Personalized avatars are intended to improve precision and reliability during fast or obstructed movements.
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