HP releases desktop PC "Sprout" with 3D scanner that can be edited by hand just by placing it

A desktop PC equipped with a 3D scanner that quickly captures data of three-dimensional objects at hand and displays it on a touch mat and can edit the contents manually "Sprout by HP"is.

Sprout | HP® Official Site
http://sprout.hp.com/

This is a desktop PC "Sprout by HP" with 3D scanner & touch mat.


Looking from above it looks like this.


There is a 3D scanner on the top of the display and a touch mat on the bottom, so you can scan what you put on the touch mat or display it on the touch mat and manually operate it.


Touch mat is like this.


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How do I use "Sprout by HP"? That means you can check from the following movies.


Man has created various things by "hands". "Sprout by HP" connects the digital world and the physical world, making it possible to manipulate various contents "by hand".


I started the 3D scanner, placed paper "GRAND" on the touch mat and read the data.


After reading the data, select a file from the PC and display it on the touch mat.


The displayed data can be edited freely. I move parts of letters with my fingers.


A woman who is doing something further.


I will grab a mug.


Even when moving the mug from above the touch mat, the mug came on the touch mat.


In addition, coffee beans are rough and rough from the top of the mat. Just by placing a mug or coffee bean on the touch mat, the image was easily captured.


Retrieve the logo from the paper data that I read earlier ... ...


Just place it with your fingers, you can easily make an image for the website.


You can also check how to use from the following movies.

Sprout Features | Sprout by HP - YouTube


"Sprout by HP" has its own application, so you can also play games in a new way of playing.


If it becomes a tool to show imagination for children ... ...


It is possible to try on shopping on the Internet, but there are many ways to use it other than making things.


The OS is equipped with Windows 8.1, the 4th generation Intel Core i7-4790S processor is used, the memory can be expanded up to 16GB with 8GB. Storage combines 1 TB SATA HDD and 8 GB flash memory, and it features Bluetooth 4.0, Wi-Fi (802.11 a / b / g / n), two USB 3.0 ports, two USB 2.0 ports, The 3D scanner uses a camera with a maximum of 14.6 mega pixels and Intel's RealSense 3D camera, it is possible to display the keyboard on the touch mat, but also a mouse and a keyboard are attached.


Incidentally,The price is 1899.99 dollars (about 210,000 yen)It is scheduled to be released from November in the USA and from 2015 in Japan.