{"id":9946,"date":"2026-06-13T12:01:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T12:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=9946"},"modified":"2026-06-13T12:01:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T12:01:17","slug":"cameras-sensors-and-3d-body-scans-all-the-tech-helping-eliminate-blown-calls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=9946","title":{"rendered":"Cameras, sensors, and 3D body scans: All the tech helping eliminate blown calls"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-bottom:1em; color:#666; font-size:0.9em;\">\n<strong><br \/>\n                    Ben Dowsett, WIRED.com<br \/>\n                <\/strong><br \/>\n &bull;<br \/>\nJune 12, 2026\n<\/div>\n<hr\/>\n<p>At the 2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/tag\/world-cup-2026\/\">World Cup<\/a>, the refs on the field and the officials on the sidelines will be able to use an abundance of tech to help call penalties, spot offside violations, and make other consequential decisions.<\/p>\n<p>The video assistant referee system, known as VAR, and the semi-automated offside technology (SAOT) have been used in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/tag\/soccer\/\">soccer<\/a> for years. But the setup at this summer&#8217;s World Cup represents some of the most advanced uses of adjudication tech to date\u2014not just in soccer, but across all high-level sports.<\/p>\n<p>During each match, the pitch will be awash in sensors, cameras, and new computer vision software. One especially notable advancement this year is the use of digital twins. Every player in the World Cup has had their body scanned by a computer. The digital twin of any athlete\u2014which precisely matches their height, limb length, and shoe size\u2014can be dropped into a virtual simulation of the game to determine their exact position relative to the ball, boundary lines, and other players. Officials can use all of this data to help spot infractions, determine penalties, and smooth out the edges of the beautiful game.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2026\/06\/cameras-sensors-and-3d-body-scans-all-the-tech-helping-eliminate-blown-calls\/\">Read full article<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2026\/06\/cameras-sensors-and-3d-body-scans-all-the-tech-helping-eliminate-blown-calls\/#comments\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:1.5em;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2026\/06\/cameras-sensors-and-3d-body-scans-all-the-tech-helping-eliminate-blown-calls\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full article &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ben Dowsett, WIRED.com &bull; June 12, 2026 At the 2026 World Cup, the refs on the field and the officials on the sidelines will be able to use an abundance of tech to help call penalties, spot offside violations, and make other consequential decisions. The video assistant referee system, known as VAR, and the semi-automated<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=9946\" class=\"themebutton2\">READ MORE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9946"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9946\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}