Following ISE 2026, WORKTECH Academy included the Noro Portal in its roundup of the workplace innovations that defined this year’s show, alongside new technologies from Microsoft, Google, Cisco, Shure and others.
The article identifies a larger shift underway in workplace technology. After years focused on making hybrid work functional, organizations are increasingly asking how technology can help distributed teams collaborate, connect and build authentic relationships.
What resonated most was the broader shift WORKTECH identified: workplace technology is moving beyond simply making hybrid work function, toward making distributed collaboration feel more human. That is exactly the problem Noro is built to address, creating environments where people in different locations can feel present, read one another naturally, and work together with the ease of sharing a room.
We believe the future of workplace technology is not simply about making video calls better. It is about bringing physical and digital spaces closer together so teams can work naturally across distance.