Image Recognition
Images of fans are not stored, multiple MLB spokespeople said, but the numerical token is kept and safeguarded by the league for future ticket authentication use. For what MLB hopes will be a “free-flow” ingress, fans first pass through Evolv scanners then progress to facial authentication. While the technology is sound, the debut of Go-Ahead Entry was not hiccup-free from an operations perspective. That's why we are doing a test.”Custom-madeMLB and the Phillies first began developing the Go-Ahead Entry technology two-and-a-half years ago, according to Zaremba. What's nextThrough the end of the season, MLB’s Go-Ahead Entry pilot will be limited to one kiosk adjacent to Citizens Bank Park’s First Base Gate.