One of the applications that I keep an eye on is an open source app called Blender. I think it is a fantastic 3D application.
But it does a lot more – particles, games, physics, compositing, and so on.
Previously it suffered from a non-standard interface, and so was quite difficult for newbies to download and just run with it.
However there is a new version coming out, version 2.5, which is in alpha at the moment, and I would recommend anyone who is into 3D to download Blender 2.5 alpha and play with it.
There are some major changes in its interface. These, and some brilliant new features make it an application that I think everyone should download, test, and check out.
Have a look at the features and gallery page. This will give you an idea of what it is capable of.
There is also a script available to output your 3D model to actionscript, so you can play with it using something like Papervision3D.
Let me know what you think!
