Future Work

The following is a list of possible enhancements for future implementation. The most important enhancement would be the addition of Java programs, dynamically loaded by jMovie, that act as filters on the data cube before it is displayed. The development of image manipulation plug-ins would take full advantage of jMovie's object-orientation and allow developers to expand the program's capabilities.

• Scalable interface: to match the user's viewing window and resolution. This would allow the use of data cubes with more than 200 samples per dimension without losing resolution - currently the slice area is set to 200x200 pixels, consequently a slice greater than 200x200 pixels would be reduced in size.
• Optional display of axes: for optimal performance on slower computers or over remote connections when using jMovie Applet.
• Displaying only the dimension being dealt with.
• Dealing with less or more than three dimensions: Expanding jMovie to display SEP data files with one, two, four, and five dimensions would make it more of an equal to rickmovie.
• Displaying the data in different ways: such as in the form of a rotatable cube.
• Zooming of data.
• Data annotation: Text bubbles that indicate special features.
• Storing state on disk.