For software development, I don't quite see it, because what we are building is not really a 2D or 3D thing but more conceptual (not sure what the right word wo

For software development, I don't quite see it, because what we are building is not really a 2D or 3D thing but more conceptual (not sure what the right word would be). Visualizations help to understand and troubleshoot a system, but for the actual changes or additions I see more potential in NLP to communicate intent to the computer that it then turns into code rather than different GUIs. 3D GUIs I reckon would be similar to visual programming languages in a sense that they are really useful for certain use cases and to interact with a lower level system, but don't universally replace the environments we currently have. Where I think 3D has much more potential, is using something like google glass or full on VR headset to augment what is seen in the "real world" in professional settings. E.g. a couple years back I had a conversation with my sister who is anesthetist (at the time in the heart surgery department if I remember correctly) about them experimenting with robotically-assisted and remote surgery. If you only see what you are working on trough a camera where depth perception can be problematic, I could see it beneficial to have real time overlays to outline shapes or other augmentations to what you are seeing. Also there might be interesting things in manufacturing, like showing you if you are within tolerances during assembly or have some algorithms/AI running over it to highlight aspects that seem out of the normal. But in either case it might well be more distraction that actually useful for those people.