The FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 In Numbers
- Spencer Blanchard
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According to information made public by FIFA, highlights of each game are being recorded by 34 cameras, the most ever used, and feeds from an additional 12 automated shooting tools are available to match officials in the VAR room for both traditional uses (review of disciplinary sanctions, etc.) and for the determination of offside situations.
In Qatar, the evaluation of offside calls is actually semi-automatic because of 12 specialized optics that can trace 29 points on players’ bodies at a frequency of 50 times per minute; these components, in combination with the sensor inside match balls, should put to rest any concerns about offside situations.
Due to the World Cup’s tight size, production teams are divided into two match clusters that travel between the eight venues and are led by six renowned directors (Francois Lanaud, Grant Philips, Jamie Oakford, Laurant Lachand, Sarah Cheadle, and Sebastian von Freyberg). 42 cameras were included in the original camera plan, with both super-slo-mo and ultra-slo-mo included to cover important players. Several RF cameras are also being used to record events in and around the stadium, including crowd coverage, team arrivals, VIP and player interviews, and more.
A single-unified-layer capture/transmission method for UHD/HDR coverage of all 64 matches is this year’s largest advancement. A multilateral, dual-layer strategy was necessary in 2018, but technological advancements now enable all formats to be combined into a single workflow, considerably easing setup and operations.
In order to provide a standardized and simple-to-manage set of color transformations between SDR and HDR, hybrid log gamma (HLG) is being employed in the context of HDR. Selected regular cameras are being used for UHD/HDR capture at 50 fps, and cameras shooting at 150 fps and higher are being used for 1080p capture. HDR is being used for replay and recording, and all cameras are employing the same HDR opto-electronic transfer function.
The attendees of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar are also being closely watched – the players aren’t the only ones on the receiving end of all this technology. Niyas Abdulrahiman, the event’s chief technology officer, revealed in August that 15,000 cameras outfitted with facial recognition technology are keeping an eye on the whole event, including attendees. Qatar is using high-tech surveillance as part of its efforts to prevent security dangers like terrorism and hooliganism during the event.
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