Mathematica 8 adds a number of new areas for visualization, including statistical, financial, wavelet, and control-related visualizations. These areas all provide a high level of automation for both algorithms and aesthetics. Mathematica 8 also brings a number of improvements to all the existing areas, including textures and filled curves, for a richer graphics language as well as a brand-new interactive graphics editor.

New in Statistical Visualization »

SmoothHistogram — smooth density estimate

SmoothHistogram3D   ▪ DensityHistogram   ▪ SmoothDensityHistogram   ▪ PairedHistogram   ▪ ...

ProbabilityScalePlot — normal plot, Weibull plot, etc.

QuantilePlot   ▪ ProbabilityPlot   ▪ ...

BoxWhiskerChart   ▪ DistributionChart   ▪ ...

New in Financial Visualization »

CandlestickChart — candlestick and OHLC chart of open-high-low-close prices

InteractiveTradingChart — interactive trading chart

TradingChart   ▪ FinancialIndicator   ▪ ...

KagiChart   ▪ RenkoChart   ▪ PointFigureChart   ▪ ...

New Built-in Wavelet Visualization »

WaveletListPlot — plot wavelet transform coefficients

WaveletMatrixPlot   ▪ WaveletImagePlot   ▪ WaveletScalogram   ▪ ...

New Built-in Control System Visualization »

RootLocusPlot — plot root locations as a parameter varies

BodePlot   ▪ NyquistPlot   ▪ NicholsPlot   ▪ SingularValuePlot

New and Improved Information Visualization »

PairedBarChart — create paired bar charts

ScalingFunctions — specify which scaling functions should be used when charting

BarChart   ▪ BarChart3D   ▪ BubbleChart   ▪ BubbleChart3D   ▪ Histogram   ▪ Histogram3D   ▪ CandlestickChart   ▪ ...

New and Improved Scientific Visualization

DiscretePlot (modified) — plot a discrete function of one variable

DiscretePlot3D — plot a discrete function of two variables

TextureCoordinateFunction — specify texture mapping for visualization functions

Plot3D   ▪ ParametricPlot3D   ▪ ListPlot3D   ▪ RegionPlot   ▪ RegionPlot3D   ▪ ContourPlot3D   ▪ ListContourPlot3D   ▪ ...

Improved Interactive Graphics Editing

Graphics ▶Drawing Tools (modified) — draw and edit graphics interactively

New and Improved Symbolic Graphics »

Texture — specify texture faces of polygons or other filled graphics objects

FilledCurve — filled area with segment boundary in 2D

JoinedCurve — joined curve segments in 2D

Translate (modified) — represent multiple copies of graphics primitives

Arrow (modified) — efficiently represent multiple copies of arrows

VertexTextureCoordinates   ▪ CurveClosed   ▪ ...

New in Spoken Output

Speak (modified) — speak any expression, including math and diagrams

SpokenString (modified) — spoken representation of an expression