Inspired by football replay tech, these systems use AI to monitor self-checkouts and show replays when items are skipped.

In certain British Tesco stores, new technology has been introduced, quickly drawing comparisons to the VAR system familiar ...

Tesco's new VAR-style security system has been mocked by shoppers - who say the "annoying" new technology is holding up ...

REFEREEING has always been a lightning rod in football and recent controversies in African competitions have reignited a ...

The UEFA Nations League, though, was using the semi-automated VAR technology we saw in the World Cup. And in a matter of ...

The VAR also had to manually select the farthest ... players block the view of the ball or other players for the system's cameras. This may occasionally result in the length of check we have ...

Most top-level fixtures will involve three VARs: two main officials, and an assistant VAR. The two primary VARs split responsibility for monitoring the main match camera for general offences ...

This is a stark contract to the Premier League, where the current VAR system typically uses upwards of 20 different camera angles. FIFA has insisted that is has “no intention whatsoever of ...

However, a hybrid system for the major leagues, with VAR used to determine decisions ... you see a still picture somewhere from a single camera and say 'maybe the referee hasn't spotted that ...

(More cameras may be used in certain stadiums throughout ... After all, constant issues with prior VAR systems have inspired no confidence in motion-capture technology among soccer’s main ...

and at Premier League grounds where the system is in use on a weekly basis. Installing the technology required for VAR to work (namely, ensuring there are sufficient camera angles available ...