The Evercoast platform uses a battery of 21 consumer-grade depth cameras and off-the-shelf hardware, all packable into a few cases – perfect for the job of getting in and out of a war zone. Its systems are licensed to a wide variety of customers, including big telcos, major universities, medical institutions and entertainment companies. The newest iteration of Evercoast technology provides live streaming at low latency, suitable not only for one-to-many broadcasting, but live, two-way communication. Nunez was alerted on 1 June, while attending the Augmented World Expo (AWE) in Santa Clara, California – less than three weeks out from the target date during London Tech Week. “When we first got the call, we had no idea what we were getting into,” says Ben Nunez. “They were very cryptic. We were just told that it was going to be in a tricky part of the world to get into.” It didn’t take long for Evercoast to say yes – and then get the full
story. Nunez returned to New York to pack up the system and prepare it for travel to London. The kit was first set up at Garden Studios, capturing messages of support from celebrities and technologists, including Peter Gabriel, Nile Rodgers, Ukrainian pop star Oleksandr Balabanov, fashion designer Ozwald Boateng, actor and TV personality Amanda Holden and French intellectual Bernard-Henri Lévy. “Throughout the whole process, we weren’t sure if we would be able to go to Kyiv. The team was trying to arrange everything, from insurance to access inside Kyiv, to support from local resources.” Running a production without insurance is, of course, a non-starter. And insurance is invalidated going to a war zone, including Talesmith’s company liability cover. “One person tripping over a cable could have brought the whole company down,” observes Williams. After being turned down by multiple insurance brokers, the security
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