An early "light synthesizer", Psychedelia (1984, Jeff Minter), did not use audio input but was designed to create visualizations in accompaniment to music.

Investigative Newsource houses a data center that allows users to search data of public record and create interactive visualizations.

The Guardian and others had already created visualizations by plotting the incident locations on a map of Iraq, and by graphing monthly casualties.

The first mashups used mapping services or photo services to combine these services with data of any kind and therefore create visualizations of the data.

Java applets are used to create interactive visualizations and to present video, three dimensional objects and other media.

By intervening in maps Medina creates geometric visualizations of geopolitical collisions, thus subverting notions of sovereignty and nationhood.

This makes it easy to create simple visualizations, allowing programmers to focus more on the computational aspect of their programs.

To create meaningful and relevant visualizations, journalists use a growing number of tools.

It also allows users to perform text analysis and create visualizations of their data.

The two have also created purely artistic visualizations.