Also look at our related pages VRML, Java3D and OPENGL.
Breed 3D Object Generator
explore the virtual voxel space
Animats - artificial animals
you will find software to more life to animated characters.
Rayfx 
Sites to visit
http://www.magic3d.com 
http://www.tombtown.com
Sometimes not responding (seems to be down)
http://www.3dparadise.com 
http://vrml.sgi.com/cafe (seems to be down)
http://www.nfinity.com/~greghall/ 
http://kendaco.telebyte.com/~tstethem 
http://www.planete.net/~druilhet
in French 
http://home4.inet.tele.dk/galleri/ 
http://home.earthlink.net/~jjnelson/ 
http://utopia.knoware.nl/users/ptr/pfloyd/index.html 
Characters, Animations 
http://www.3dchor.com
Computer Graphics class of software made to build a high end representation of reality. It includes special effect like fire, animation of characters, high end rendering.