By Kane Fulton
Introduction
The HP Sprout is an innovative, quirky and exciting all-in-one PC aimed at content creators, designers and anyone looking for an excuse to ditch their mouse and keyboard.
Available now in the US and UK for $1,899 (£1,899), Sprout’s price tag alone hints that it may offer something more than your average Windows 8.1 PC. It certainly succeeds in that, but whether Sprout is for you depends on how prepared you are to approach it with an open mind.
Perched on top of its 23.5-inch display is the Sprout “Illuminator” – a collective term for a 14.6-megapixel camera and integrated Intel RealSense 3D Sensor that allows it to capture 2D and 3D objects.
Images scanned by the camera or stored locally can be projected onto a 20-point capacitive touch mat and interacted with using all 10 fingers (and toes, if you’re the flexible type).
While 3D scanners and interactive projectors have existed for some time, Sprout’s approach integrates the two into a familiar desktop environment in a way that’s intuitive, accessible and almost childlike in execution thanks to its hands-on approach.
Capture tool
HP has developed a series of apps that show off what Sprout is capable of. …read more
Source: techradar.com – PC and Mac
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