The Video Annotation and Reference System (VARS) is a suite of tools developed by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute for describing, cataloging, retrieving, and viewing the visual, descriptive, and quantitative data associated with video.
Originally designed for annotating underwater video, VARS can be applied to any video dataset that requires constrained, searchable annotations.
IMPORTANT
This an an outdated version of the VARS system. More information about the current system is available at https://docs.mbari.org/vars.
User Documentation
- An Overview of VARS
- VARS Applications
Developer Documentation
Resources
Query MBARI’s Public VARS Data
Acknowledgements
The following products were very kindly donated to assist with the development of VARS:
