Sprout by HP

[Arthur]

Source: HP (via Engadget)

 

Meet Sprout – a new kind of immersive computer that'll change the way you create. Go from thought to expression in an instant with a 3D depth sensor/scanner, projector, touchmat and HD touchscreen. A fully capable PC that begs for you to roll up your sleeves and create like never before.

 

It's a unique machine that combines an all-in-one Windows 8 PC with a set of 3D scanning cameras, a giant tactile touchpad and a downward-facing projector (for displaying graphics on said touchpad). The design is built around a concept HP is calling "blended reality" that blends the 3D physical world with our 2D digital one. The obvious target audience is creative types. You know: makers, tinkerers, designers, etc... Rather than the traditional method of control built around mice and keyboards, Sprout focuses on touch and pen input. The 23-inch LCD serves as the primary display, but it's the bottom display, the 20-inch capacitive pad positioned under the camera and projector that serves as the primary point of interaction.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBnf_lHxPdE

 

[Arthur]

I can't imagine the Sprout lasting long in a school environment.

 

Hands on with Sprout, HP's keyboard-and-mouse killer

 

 

 

 

[DMcCoy]

It's just so "Education IT" though...

 

A solution desperately in search of a problem.

[speckytecky]

I guess they named it after the Brussels Sprout - people either love them or hate them. Or is there a connection with wind?

[Arthur]