Wove Band is one step more superior than regular smartwatches

We have already seen how manufacturers utilize the electronic paper for watches, e-books, and low-end phones. The advantage of this technology if compared to the regular screen is that it can be applied to any type of flexible materials. And lately, this technology is getting popular among wearable device manufacturers and is also implemented for fashion needs.

Ten years Polyera Digital Fabric Technology has done research towards physics and chemistry of TFT, and finally it serves all the advantages of e-paper technology and wearable concept into a device called Wove Band. The developer describes it as a medium to pour digital world into material world, a canvas for creativity and expression as you like.

Wove Band's appearance is a mix of smartwatch and fashion band. And just like the Eyecatcher or Tago Arc, the grayscale display wraps almost the entire outer surface. The body structure itself is divided into several sections, ensuring Wove Band will be flexible and resilient in the same time. The screen is always on, and can display a number of different information or just displaying pictures and illustrations. And therein lays the mainstay features of this smartband.

First, of course, user can see the contents easily thanks to the 156x30mm screen with a resolution of 1040 × 200-pixel. Then when Wove Band is not being used, you can divert its role as 'display ambient', for example, to display the time, news updates, weather, until the list of work to be done. Whatever the mode, the flow of information will never stop, plus the practicality of multi-touch interface.

Polyera also describes the 'compositions' system of Wove Band. The presentation technique is similar to mobile app, but is designed specifically for wearable device. Developer also gives user the customization flexibility in putting the favorite applications, creating graphic patterns, and also coding exploration with the support of creation tool, enables user to combine aesthetic with practical function.

Wove Band is powered by Freescale i.MX chip with dual-core ARM Cortex-A7 1GHz processor, 512MB RAM, 4GB flash memory, 230mAh battery, 9-axis motion sensor, haptic feedback feature, ERM Vibration Motor, Wove OS (based on Android 5.1), and can connect to smartphone via Bluetooth 4.0.

The registration of beta program has been opened on the Wove.com. The device will be distributed to testers in the mid of 2016.