3D Animation in App

Is it possible to run 3D Animation in (and directly as part of) an iPad app, or do you have to export an image sequence and run that instead.
There is a book called "The Pedlar Lady of Gushing Cross" that has 3D animation on its pages, and I didn't realise you could do that.
Here is a link to the book website:
http://www.moving-tales.com/
Any and all feedback/opinions is appreciated.
Thanks. Steve.

Hi Steve-
You can do page-flip type animations super easily using a UIImageView, so if you already have a way to render 3D animations using 3rd party software you can go that route: http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/UIKit/Reference/UIImageViewClass/Reference/Reference.html#//appleref/occ/instp/UIImageView/animationImages
Otherwise there is OpenGL for more sophisticated 3D graphics appropriate for gaming: http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/3DDrawing/Conceptual/OpenGL ESProgrammingGuide/OpenGLESontheiPhone/OpenGLESontheiPhone.html#//appleref/doc/uid/TP40008793-CH101-SW1
Hope this helps.
-John
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