Unity - Windows

I used to be a Director guy. Because, for a time Director was king of multimedia - and to some extent still is. A lot of us got really excited when Director 8.5 was released and included a real-time 3D engine courtesy of Intel. Macromedia had the online 3D world by the balls. But... they dropped those balls and Director's 3D engine has sat in it's current state all this time. Seven damn years. The whole time the online Director community clamored for updates. And the whole time Macromedia ignored them. And Adobe continues the tradition.
Enter Unity. Unity is actually worked on. Imagine that. So much so that one time product manager, all around good-guy, and 3D nut, Tom Higgins left Macromedia when it was bought by Adobe and went to Unity. That speaks volumes. Unity has everything Director's now antiquated engine doesn't. It has shadows, glows, speed, DX9 support and more. It's faster, leaner and just plain better in every way.
The problem with Unity however, was that it's editor was Mac only. But not for much longer. Unity is currently working on a Windows port of their editor. Wa-freaking-hoo. So, if you're interested in making online 3D content do yourself a favor and have a look at Unity.
Check it out.