The use of and relevance of computer graphics has blossomed in many areas in the past twenty years, ranging from the studio arts to new mathematical disciplines such as computational geometry. No doubt the most stylish deployment of computer graphics today is in Hollywood and on Madison Avenue. From the perspective of classroom geometry, these graphics applications can be great motivators. Though slightly less glamorous than Hollywood, scientific visualization forms a second important focus of computational modeling and graphics efforts. In fact, most computer graphics technologies are originally developed to provide some new tools to the scientific visualization community, and then later reappear in less expensive applications within other domains.
Geometry often plays a novel role in resolving a central tension faced by industrial designers.