Future features

[berniejenny]

Ideas for potential features for future versions

• changing the globes in sequence from oldest to newest (or later other sorts) all at the same size or at “real” size (entry for radius). Perhaps a button on the left side some where? Adjustable interval setting 1-60 seconds.
• App Store review prompt
• Move globe with both hands
• Divide globe into quadrilaterals with individual texture
• Improve rendering of poles
• Handles or other 3D objects for better rotation control
  • Could show Move | Rotate toggle when globe is pinched or tap to switch between two modes.
  • Could attach handles to poles
  • Could show handles along horizon of the globe
• Info view attached to globe
• Multiple globes
• Immersive 360-degree environment globes
• 32k textures
• textures with reduced JPEG compression artifacts
• grounding shadow?
• simple lit material instead of unlit material?
• Create your own globe:
  • let user load a texture from the local device or load from a remote server
  • optional graticule (colour, spacing)
  • tweak colours, contrast, brightness, light emission, grounding shadow, etc. with Core Image (→ tiling?)
  • Bump mapping: Add elevation data to globe surface?
• Export globes to USD format for QuickLook (?)
• Animate appearance of globe, transition between globes, resetting of globe radius, resetting of globe orientation
• Sound feedback for rotation and drag gestures
• Video textures
• Accessibility support
• Multi-user Share Play with personas
• Additional globes
• Longer descriptions of globes
• Filter list of globes
  • celestial, terrestrial, extraterrestrial
  • by age
  • by author, etc.