Back in 2013, a few folks sat in a meeting room at the Disney Imagineering Center, staring down a whiteboard full of questions: Why is collaboration so hard? Why do meetings waste so much time? And most importantly, how can we design technology that gets out of the way so people can do their best work?
That’s where Solstice began.
We built Solstice as a way to let teams share ideas wirelessly, quickly, and without the usual dongles, friction, or delays. It took off. AV and IT teams embraced it, especially in higher education and enterprise spaces where multi-participant collaboration wasn’t just a luxury. It was essential.
Solstice was our answer to a fragmented market. But, as we all learned, markets don’t stand still.
The Shift No One Could Predict
Then 2020 arrived. Practically overnight, conference rooms emptied. Classrooms went silent. Remote work, once a perk, became the default. And even when offices and campuses reopened, the way people collaborated had changed for good.
We knew we couldn’t patch our way forward.
The truth is that collaboration today isn’t about proximity. It’s about participation. It’s not just about casting your screen to the big display. It’s about enabling fluid, secure, and intuitive engagement for anyone, whether they’re down the hall or halfway around the world.
The pandemic sparked a full-scale reimagining of how we build, support, and evolve collaborative technology.
A New Platform for a New Era
When we set out to build the Mersive Collaboration Suite, we weren’t just updating our product line.
We took what worked from Solstice, multi-share, support for unlimited participants, flexible deployment, and used it as a foundation. But we also listened closely to our customers: IT directors managing fleets of endpoints, AV managers juggling end user needs, and CIOs navigating security audits.
Their feedback shaped every decision we made.
We moved to a software-first model. Why? Because software can evolve over the course of the product’s lifecycle. Hardware can’t. By decoupling performance from just hardware, we made it easier to deploy our Suite across diverse environments. Everything from wall-mounted smart TVs to high-end meeting rooms.
We introduced browser-based sharing. No apps. No installs. We rethought AV routing and introduced a new way of hybrid meetings to let content follow users no matter where they want to collaborate. And we doubled down on security.
Security, Rebuilt from the Inside Out
Collaboration tools are now endpoints. And every endpoint is a potential vulnerability. That’s why we embedded a FIPS 140-3 certified Secure Element into our Gen4 Pod. Security isn’t a buzzword. It’s a fundamental shift in how security is architected at the silicon level.
We built off of a hardened Linux OS. Added multi-tenancy. Introduced role-based access controls. Compliance? We meet SOC 2 Type II attestation, HIPAA compliance, and NIST standards. Not because it’s trendy—because it’s necessary.
We didn’t settle for reacting to threats. We designed to prevent them.
Continuous Value, Not One-Time Installs
Unlike legacy room systems that age out the moment they’re deployed, the Mersive Collaboration Suite is designed to grow. New features arrive via secure updates. Our cloud-based management portal makes it simple for IT to monitor and adjust configurations across campuses or enterprise networks.
And because it’s a suite, not a one-size-fits-all box, customers can scale from software-only solutions like Mersive Smart to performance-intensive options such as Mersive Pro. No need to rip and replace.
We built this platform to future-proof investments, not complicate them.
Looking Forward
We’re not done. Our roadmap includes deeper analytics, AI-enhanced capabilities, and continued expansion of what it means to “collaborate” in modern spaces. But what we’ve launched with the Mersive Collaboration Suite reflects a clear, deliberate shift.
Less friction. More flexibility. And security that’s not bolted on—it’s baked in.
Because when collaboration just works, people do, too.
