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