The world has width and height and depth, so some programs need to show all three dimensions.
A small device squeezes through a hundred kilometers of oil pipeline that twists and turns beneath the sea. When the 'pig' returns it has recorded data about every centimeter, which Raven's Point software will analyze and display in three dimension.
Following a collision in the busy seas around Hong Kong, the courses of the ships are analyzed. Raven's Point software loads the recorded courses and displays in three dimensions how each ship would have appeared to an observer on the other.
Displaying complex data sometimes needs more than 2 dimensions. This dashboard application monitors an industrial heating system and draws attention to problems with bright, three dimensional shapes.