rewrite this title From Headsets to the Room: HP’s Collaboration Overhaul at InfoComm 2026 – UC Today

HP has unveiled one of its most expansive collaboration announcements in years at InfoComm 2026 – spanning headsets, video conferencing hardware, intelligent cameras, and a platform play that reframes how IT teams think about meeting room management.

At the heart of it all is a concept Greg Baribault, VP of Product and Portfolio Management, calls ambient technology. “We want the conference controller, the microphones, the displays and cameras to just disappear,” he explains.

“The room makes smart decisions so people can focus on what they’re there to do – have a meeting, have a discussion, have impact.”

That vision is being driven by AI across the entire portfolio. On the software side, HP is integrating Poly Lens into its Workforce Experience Platform (WXP) – a move designed to shift the conversation for IT from device management to workforce productivity. Room Visualiser AI exemplifies the ambition: walk into a space, take a few photos, and the platform detects room dimensions, chair count, window placement and recommends the right camera and microphone setup automatically.

On the hardware side, the new Studio Room Compute brings a Windows-based MTR and Zoom Rooms system built specifically for integrators, complete with magnetic backplane, colour-coded ports, and a 50 TOPS NPU for edge AI processing. Alongside it, VideoOS 5.1 introduces DirectorAI – multi-camera switching that tracks where participants are looking in real time, ensuring the right face is always in frame.

But perhaps the announcement Baribault is most eager to talk about is the Poly Focus 6 headset series. Lightweight, foldable, with swappable ear cushions and a discreet boom mic, it’s designed to look as good on camera as it sounds. “It’s beautiful,” he says simply. Hard to argue.

With WXP managing devices across multiple vendors and AI embedded at every layer, HP’s message at InfoComm is clear: the era of fiddling with meeting room tech should be over.