[en] The video gaming industry has been the driver for sophisticated new memory and computation capabilities when it comes to developing the latest in visualization technology used by the oil and gas sector. A broad commercial market drives the entire graphics revolution forward for the benefit of all, including petroleum exploration companies. This article presented new visualization systems that have been deployed worldwide by companies as Sun Valley, Landmark, Panoram, Halliburton and TouchTable Inc. Desktop visualization displays are getting larger, with better detail, resolution and less compressed data, making them easier on the user with less scrolling, less zooming and no switching from screen to screen. It was noted that with visualization technology, it is important to preserve resolution when viewing seismic data, particularly in the z-axis. However, the relatively small oil industry market is not big enough to provide the driver necessary to move projector technology forward very quickly. A changeover from analog to digital stereoscopic projection technology is one of the changes that has occurred. Digital light processing provides a brighter, clearer picture with better resolution, colour accuracy and stability. It was noted that the greatest advancement is the size of processing power which enables visualization in very large format, including tabletop interfaces and visualization rooms that provide wall-size high resolution or theatre-scale visualization. It was concluded that geologists, geophysicists, geocelluar modelers and petrophysicists can prove the value of visualization rooms when planning wells. 3 figs