Technology company Lenovo has introduced an innovation in the form of an AI Stabilizer for referee cameras, or RefCam, which is capable of stabilizing images in real time at the 2026 World Cup.
Lenovo's Chief Technology and Delivery Officer for Solutions & Services Group, Art Hu, said that this innovation addresses the challenges of live broadcast quality, which were previously hampered by camera movement when the referee ran on the field.
"The story behind this partnership with FIFA is that when we first launched RefCam in 2025, it didn't work well for broadcasting," said Art Hu at the Lenovo Tech World 2026 event.
He explained that RefCam was used in the 2025 Club World Cup.
