Online service of the topic: The online service with the source code of all example programs, additional programs, supplementary files, exercises with solution and slides for teaching is available under
Java 3D: The old homepage of Java 3D has the URL
http://www.java3d.org
Numerous links in connection with Java 3D can still be found there like links to the Java 3D tutorial, the Java 3D API, to topics, example programs, additional information for loading different file formats as well as a scenegraph editor. The new home page of the Java 3D project is
http://java3d.java.net
where also the link to download Java 3D can be found
http://java.net/projects/java3d/downloads
3D modelling: Apart from CAD tools, the commercial program Maya is very popular for developing models for games, animations and movies. Maya resides under the URL
http://usa.autodesk.com/maya
Blender is a free Open Source Product for 3D-modelling that can also export Wavefront Object files. Blender can be downloaded at
http://www.blender.org
Wavefront Object files: At
http://people.sc.fsu.edu/~jburkardt/data/obj/obj.html
various examples of files in Wavefront Object Format can be downloaded under the GNU LGPL license.
There is also a search engine for 3D models at
http://shape.cs.princeton.edu/search.html
OpenGL: The OpenGL homepage has the address
http://www.opengl.org
