topical media & game development

topical media & game development

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3D authoring & conversion

vrmlpad -- www.parallelgraphics.com/products/vrmlpad
polytrans -- www.okino.com/products.htm
maya -- www.alias.com
3dsmax -- www.discreet.com
sketchup -- sketchup.google.com/download.html
flux studio -- www.mediamachines.com/products.html

The polytrans tool from Okino has been included, since it allows you to convert almost any format into you format of choice, which is a great asset for (re) using models.

3D rendering

blaxxun -- www.blaxxun.com/en/products/contact
virtools -- www.virtools.com
flux web3d -- sourceforge.net/projects/flux
mediamachines flux -- www.mediamachines.com/products.html

As concerns price, VRML-based solutions for authoring and rendering are clearly low-cost, whereas tools such as Maya and Studio Max require more investment, not only in money but also in learning time. Also Virtools is in the higher price range.

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