Katja Koroleva has got the best seat in the house for soccer matches. She’s right in the action, watching every pass, every foul, every goal—keeping up with elite athletes and making split-second decisions that influence the outcome of the game. As a professional referee, she is judge and jury. And now with the advent of the Refcam, she is also a camera operator, bringing fans of the beautiful game even closer to the action.
Koroleva was hesitant at first. As with any new technology, she had questions about how it would shape the game, and how the captured interactions between referees and players would be perceived. But it didn’t take long to convince her of the Refcam’s potential.
