InfoComm 2026: IPMX Interoperability & Agentic AI Demand

InfoComm 2026 has opened in Las Vegas, featuring a major milestone: full any-vendor IPMX interoperability. This means any IPMX-certified device from any manufacturer can now work with any other. The event hosts over 750 exhibitors and 46 sessions focused on AI. Buyers are now demanding usable agentic AI products, moving past questions about its relevance to wanting real, deployable solutions. Agentic AI systems can take autonomous, multi-step actions. This is particularly important for pro-AV contexts like intelligent meeting rooms. The interoperability breakthrough changes how audiovisual hardware ecosystems are built. Integrators can now choose hardware from different manufacturers based on capability and price, rather than being tied to a single vendor. This development introduces more direct competition among manufacturers.