Big Brother Is Watching

One of the first companies to pick up the Zii technology is GrandEye, who manufacture 180 CCTV cameras. Where GrandEye cameras differ to conventional cameras is that they have no moving parts, and are capable of viewing entire areas at once. They work by using a custom camera sensor in conjunction with a domed lens - a bit like the see-all mirrors you used to see in department stores.

The challenge here lies in processing a great deal of data at once, which is where the Zii chip comes in. As GrandEye's James Lonson says, in a nice bit of press bumpf, the Zii manages all the camera's intensive processing requirements on a single chip, resulting in significant reduction in cost and power consumption.

GrandEye isn't the only one to benefit from the Zii's power. Creative showed off the Zii's power in Google's open-source, mobile phone-based Android platform. The demonstration, at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, showed an Android-based Zii-powered device playing back high-definition l,080p video - something current Android phones, such as the T-Mobile H1, aren't anywhere near capable of.

As ZiiLABS Tim Lewis says, the hi-def playback on a mobile platform is a feat which has been reported to only be achievable five years from now. By building upon our existing Linux SDK and optimized libraries, we can take full advantage of the highly efficient, scalable ZMS architecture to deliver media-rich Android platforms with unprecedented acceleration, including HD video playback and advanced graphics.

Creative is set to release its Android platform to OEMs during the winter of this year, and thanks to the open-source nature of the Android platform programmers should be able to easily access the Zii's functionality. With any luck well be seeing the first Zii-based phones before Christmas 2009.

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