HP's new Sprout Windows 8.1 PC packs an overhead projector and touch mat

HP Sprout

Every bit previously rumored, HP has officially revealed its new, and highly ambitious, Windows eight.1 all-in-one PC called the Sprout. It has a number of stand out hardware features, including an overhead projector and a "bear on mat" that HP says will offer users very unlike ways to interact with their PC.

The Sprout'south affect mat takes the identify of the traditional mouse and keyboard. Its projector can identify a virtual keyboard on the capacitive bear on panel and so users can interact with the PC and its applications. The Sprout also has a 3D scanner and a 14.half dozen-megapixel camera with its 23-inch touchscreen design. Here are the quick bullet points for the PC:

Dual-screen Experience: A workspace designed for creative expression and man interaction with an integrated vertical Hd bear upon screen coupled with a xx point capacitive touch mat.
The Sprout Illuminator: A projection organization that scans and captures real-world objects in 3D, allowing the user to immediately interact and create.
HP Workspace: A software platform built expressly for Sprout to take full advantage of the dual-screen experience to make working and creating seamless, intuitive and engaging.
True Remote Collaboration: The fashion collaboration should be. An interface that advances how users work, interact and share, with simultaneous visual and workspace connectivity, allowing concurrent creativity and content manipulation.
Avant-garde Platform: A next-generation calculating platform featuring a powerful 4th generation Intel i7 Processor, 1TB of storage in an easy-to-utilise dual-screen interface, and a Windows 8.ane multi-touch experience.

HP says a number of Windows applications are being developed specifically for the Sprout, which information technology says will enable its owners to "easily capture physical objects, dispense them in a digital environment, and collaborate and share their creations in new means."

The HP Sprout is scheduled to start shipping on November 7 for the price of $1899.99. Pre-orders are existence taken at present and the full general public will exist able to check out the Sprout this weekend at select Best Buy and Microsoft Store locations in the Us. What applications practice you want to see made for the Sprout?

Source: HP

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