The HP Sprout combines an all-in-one desktop with a built-in projector, a touch-mat display, and advanced 3D-scanning hardware. It's an innovative concept, though the execution needs some tweaking to make it into the mainstream.
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The HP Sprout combines an all-in-one desktop with a built-in projector, a touch-mat display, and advanced 3D-scanning hardware. It's an innovative concept, though the execution needs some tweaking to make it into the...
HP is bringing its quirky desktop computer named the 'Sprout' to UK shores, and it's quite unlike any desktop computer we've seen before.Instead of the traditional tower, screen, keyboard and mouse set-up, the Sprout incorporates an intelligent...
The HP Sprout looks like it's from a parallel universe, and with its tower-like illuminator and 20-point touch mat, it's refreshing to see a device that's incredibly imaginative and isn't afraid to mix things up.In my week with the Sprout, I learnt a...
While undoubtedly a work in progress, Sprout is a genuinely exciting desktop computer that promises news ways of working with 3D objects and collaboration-led...
Shown off at HP's event space in fashionable and creative Shoreditch, London, the Sprout is £1,800, aimed at makers, and combines the power of a Windows 8 desktop with the flexibility and ease of a tablet. We got a demo from creator Brad Short but...
I approached the HP Sprout believing it was a PC that only designers or engineers would really benefit from, but having spent some time with it I think HP has really undersold how useful the technology could be in other areas. There's no doubting it's...
HP introduced a new Windows PC called Sprout in October last year but it isn't just your average desktop computer, it is an immersive computing platform that combines an all-in-one desktop with a natural user interface to provide an entirely touch-input...
First, there's a floppy white 20-inch mat. At its top is a cool-looking metal docking connector that snaps magnetically and satisfyingly onto the front of the PC. (Similarly, when you don't need it, you can just tug it away, although there's no real...