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cutting open the ball and explaining how the sensors in the chip make the game fairer since every tiny touch or deflection gets recorded.
For referees, this means ghost touches in handball situations are no longer a matter of opinion because the sensor provides a definitive data spike at the exact millisecond of contact.
The 3D revolution While Adidas tracks the ball, Lenovo – FIFA’ s Official Technology Partner – is tracking the players with unprecedented detail. In a move to eliminate the generic graphics often seen in VAR replays, Lenovo is using 3D body scans of all 1,248 players participating in the tournament.
Each player undergoes a one-second scan to create a hyper-realistic 3D AI avatar that captures their specific limb lengths and body dimensions.
During a match, these avatars are synced with the Trionda’ s 500Hz sensor and stadium-wide tracking
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