• Unreal, visual scripting and C++ or “blueprints” proprietary scripting
• Unity, no visual scripting, C# or JavaScript

• threeJS, open source
• BabylonJS, Microsoft

• 3dsmax, by Autodesk, for architecture and engineering, used by: Blizzard, Blur
• Maya, also Autodesk, studios: Blizzard, Disney, Weta, Luna, Blur
• Cinema4, for movies
• Houdini, for movies, unique UI and workflow, used by: Blur, BlueSky
• Zbrush, used by: Blizzard, Disney, Weta, Blur,
• Lightwave
• Arnold, used by Luna
• XSI, used by Animal Logic
• Marionette (Pixar proprietary)
• Premo (DreamWorks proprietary)
• Apollo (DreamWorks proprietary)
• Blender, free open source, for gaming

• Mesh - the points of the wireframe
• Rigging - skeletal mesh for movements. A tool for use by animators.
• Material -
• Texture
• Skin
• Controller
• Y-up - cartesian coordinate system with Y-axis on the vertical dimension
• Z-up - cartesian coordinate system with Z-axis on the vertical dimension

Gibson Environment at Stanford http://gibsonenv.stanford.edu/