While a hearty Christmas lunch is usually enough to turn anyone into a pudding-filled blob, shoppers at Woolworths could soon claim that title officially thanks to new technology being trialled by the supermarket giant | domp
While a hearty Christmas lunch is usually enough to turn anyone into a pudding-filled blob, shoppers at Woolworths could soon claim that title officially thanks to new technology being trialled by the supermarket giant.
Three-dimensional cameras will be placed at the entrance and exit of stores to track shoppers coming and going. But instead of a standard video stream, the cameras will convert humans into 'blurred spherical shapes' – also known as 'blobs'. Their mission: Prevent having too many blobs in the store to maintain social distancing.
As we head into the busy Christmas season, we’ll be trialling new technology at our store entry points to keep track of customer numbers.A spokesman for the supermarket chain confirmed the new 3D camera tech would be trialled at select stores in Melbourne over the coming weeks, with a plan to roll it out across the country if the trials proved successful.
"If the number of customers hits the store’s limit, our team will be notified in an app and implement queuing, just as they do with manual counts now."that allows shoppers to monitor how busy a store is and even book ahead in time to go shopping.Woolworths is not the only retailer gearing up for the in-store Christmas rush, with hardware seller Bunnings also preparing for a socially-distanced shopping period.
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