MLB: Amazon installs new payment technology at Minute Maid Park, home of the Houston Astros (MLB)

Amazon, an e-commerce company, has partnered with the Houston Astros (MLB) and is installing its "Just Walk Out" technology in two food and beverage stores at Minute Maid Park, announced Major League Baseball on 13/04/2022.

"Shopping at a location powered by Amazon's Just Walk Out technology is designed to be an effortless experience. Fans visiting the two Just Walk Out technology-enabled stores can insert their credit card at the entry gates to shop. Once they're inside, anything they take off the shelf is automatically added to their virtual cart, and anything they put back on the shelf comes out of their virtual cart. When fans have completed their shopping experience, they will be able to just leave the store and the credit card they inserted will be charged for the items they took," explained MLB.

"Amazon's Just Walk Out Shopping experience is made possible by the same types of technologies used in self-driving cars: computer vision, sensor fusion, and deep learning," added the North American league. The Minute Maid Park is the first MLB stadium to be equipped with this…