Invented by Brad Short Company Hewlett-Packard | Launch year 2014 Website sprout.hp.com | |
Sprout by HP (styled as sprout) is a personal computer from Hewlett-Packard announced on October 29, 2014 and released for sale on November 9, 2014. The system was conceived by Brad Short. Eric Monsef, a former Apple, Inc employee, is leading the sprout team.
Sprout has dual interactive screens - a vertical touch screen display positioned in-line above a horizontal ‘TouchMat’ display, and also down-facing imaging sensors. The "Sprout Illuminator" serves as a projector, camera, depth sensor and scanner, and projects an image, for example a virtual keyboard, on the TouchMat. For additional input, Sprout includes an Adonit stylus, as well as a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse set. This enables users to interact with physical and digital content while working. Content can be digitally captured and manipulated in 2D or 3D directly on the TouchMat interface. HP claims that this greatly simplifies and streamlines the creative process.