Maya
Maya 5 launched. Price USD 7000
Maya 5 can now export Flash and Illustrator files, and import quite a few file formats including SWF and SVG.
Maya trial adition is available at
http://www.aliaswavefront.com/en/products/maya/ple/index.shtml

The Maya Personal Learning Edition displays a watermark on images and uses a special non-commercial file format to prevent commercial use.

Where is Maya used?

For a Virtual Synagogue Reconstruction

For pre visualization of s Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
Pre-Visualization

For making games like
Bounty Hunter
Tomb Raider
Tekken 3