1. Applications of 3D

3D is used in many different industries for different effect. In the games industry 3D is used as a genre of game, from 3D platformers such as Super Mario 64 and Sonic Adventure, to 3D action games like Gotcha Force and Grand Theft Auto. Not all 3D games allow you to explore 3D environment, these games listed give the impression that you are in a massive open world that you can explore and that is the effect that they aimed to give. Although games such as Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee use the concept of 3D in a 2D game to give the effect that the game is more realistic. Using the Foreground to your advantage takes full advantage of the 3D presented in the game, 

3D is not only used in the Games Industry however, another example of 3D being used is in the Films Industry, 3D CGI is used all the time to make mind blowing effects and to create characters that are near impossible to create using real props, an example of a 3D CGI film is Toy Story. Toy Story was created with only 3D graphics.

3D technology is also used in the Medical Industry, 3D CT scans are popular now as it gives a 3d image of somebodies inside that the doctors can use to examine and get ideas on how to help them.

3D Technology is also used in product design to create the product in software so they buyers have a basic idea on how the product looks before its built, this saves money and it helps as it can be edited with ease as its in software.