Database Search: Resources

A Google search using the term "3D Models" allows users to easily find and view all available online resources featuring 3D models.

“3DScience.com is a website produced and owned by Zygote Media Group, Inc. Our mission is to be the best scientific visualization content provider to professionals and consumers while leading the industry in innovative creative development, artistic quality and service. We offer stock 3D models, images and animation through this website.”

"AbleGamers is a web site by nonprofit The AbleGamers Foundation, Inc. “AbleGamers.com … is dedicated to the disabled gamer, causal or hardcore. We are here to offer a safe place for any gamer with any disability to explore, to find news on games that has the disabled gamer in mind, and to meet others, and solve issues as a team, and a family.”

“Adventure Game studio allows you to crate your own point-and-click adventure games, similar to the early 90’s Sierra and Lucasarts adventures. It consists of an easy-to-use editor to create your games, and a run-time engine to play them.” “Set up your rooms, characters and sprites visually in the editor, then add some script to handle game events and you’re done!”

"Annals of Behavioral Medicine aims to foster the exchange of knowledge derived from the disciplines involved in the field of behavioral medicine, and the integration of biological, psychosocial, and behavioral factors and principles as they relate to such areas as health promotion, disease prevention, risk factor modification, disease progression, adjustment and adaptation to physical disorders, and rehabilitation."

Argosy Medical Animation is a “provider of multimedia solutions to the medical, pharmaceutical, scientific, consumer products, television, and educational communities. Our medical animation, illustration, and programming style and methodologies have produced outstanding results for clients for the past 16 years."

A set of software tools developed by Bioware, the Aurora Toolset allows users to create and share modules for Bioware's "Neverwinter Nights" role-playing game.

"The Best Bones Forever!™ Campaign encourages girls to get active and eat more foods with calcium and vitamin D. Why is this important? Because getting lots of physical activity and snacking on foods with calcium and vitamin D are what's best for your bones! Healthy bones are important to help you grow strong and stay strong forever!"

Brain Health Blog concerns “information on the science that goes into the [brain training] games and training applications developed by Luminosity.

This is a 3D game engine available for the Windows XP/Vista and MacOS X platforms. “The C4 Engine contains a comprehensive suite of robustly implemented game programming tools…. it also includes integrated support for sound, music, networking, input devices, resource management, and more.”

A blog created by Clark Aldrich, a designer of simulations and innovative software techniques. .The blog’s tagline is “Field Notes From The World’s Go-To Guy on Educational Simulations.”

"Com­puter Game Edu­ca­tion Review (CGER) is designed to facil­i­tate com­puter game edu­ca­tion research and pro­vide a research com­pass to the com­mu­nity at-large."
 

Crumple It Up, Another Humana Innovation, offers this blog that focuses on health innovation, health technology, and personal journeys.

CryENGINE® 3 is a “multi-platform engine” that can be used “to make greater real-time 3D games and simulations… CryENGINE® 3 is the only 3rd Generation Engine which delivers all you need to create amazing AAA+ games in one program. With all necessary game building tools contained within one engine, this approach saves money … and improves performance – all our systems (AI, Animation, Physics, Rendering, Streaming, Network) are perfectly synchronized and matched.“

“Crystal Space is a mature, full-featured software development kit (SDK) providing real-time 3D graphics for applications such as games and virtual reality. It is free (LGPL) and cross-platform (Windows, GNU/Linux, Mac OS X).”

"Delta3D is a widely used and well-supported open source game and simulation engine. Delta3D is a fully-featured game engine appropriate for a wide variety of uses including training, education, visualization, and entertainment. Delta3D is unique because it offers features specifically suited to the Modeling and Simulation and DoD communities such as High Level Architecture (HLA), After Action Review (AAR), large scale terrain support, and SCORM Learning Management System (LMS) integration."

"The Digiplay Initiative is home to an online bibliography of research into digital/video games. Maintained by Jason Rutter, this research resource contains approximately 3000 references and is fully searchable for registered users."

"The Doom 3 engine made its debut on August 2004 with the release of Doom 3. It introduces several advantages over current available engines"

“Educational Games Research Blog discusses topics related to academic research and media commentary concerning the use of video games in K-20 settings….[Blogger] John Rice is an educator, author and speaker specializing in educational technology and instructional gaming.”