3D Markers in 3DAR

3DAR supports 3D marker views.

Modeling Tools

Blender — A free open source 3D content creation suite, available for all major operating systems under the GNU General Public License.

Autodesk 3D Studio Max — Full-featured 3D modeling, animation, and rendering solution used to produce top-selling games and award-winning film and video content.

Autodesk Maya — 3D modeling, animation, rendering, and visual effects software that offers artists an end-to-end creative workflow.

Nevercenter Silo — Budget 3D modeling tool

Formats and Converters

Collada2POD — Standalone tool which converts Khronos COLLADA Digital Asset geometry and animations into the optimised POWERVR POD file format.

How to load 3D models into OpenGL ES

Whoola COLLADA Converter — Converts the following 3D scene file formats into Collada (.dae): .3ds, .kmz, .md2, .obj

PVRGeoPOD — Geometry & animation export plug-in for Autodesk 3ds Max 6, 7, 8, 9, 2008 & 2009 and Autodesk Maya 7, 8, 8.5 & 2008. Exports model data into optimised POWERVR POD file format.

Collada (.dae) Plug-in for Blender

OBJ format spec

POWERVR Utilities

Other Resources

3DXtras.com — 100% royalty free 3D models for architectural, games and multimedia projects.

POWERVR SDK

Select Books on OpenGL and 3D Graphics Coding