Developing a Model Viewer App

See

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=518968

Start with the Stanford lessons or one of the books on iOS development.

 

Book - "Learn C on the Mac"
Also you can not develop on a PC for iPhone app. You will need Xcode which is free or $4.99 I believe for your Mac.

 

So basically, like the others said, you need a Mac, because I saw that horror Windows.. you need Xcode, you need a basic knowledge of C, and basically, you want quite basic things, a Master/Detail project with some extra's, but the 3D models is something else.. Do you know something about creating the 3D Models? Loading them is another hard part (.OBJ files? OpenGL?).

I think if you are diving in for "just" a summer project, you're gonna regret it, studying programming isn't done in just a week. Go read some books first, then check the Stanford University classes on iTunes and then try to do some basics

Gz, Noxx

 

Here are the things you need to learn:

1.) C - Google "Learning C The Hard Way". It's a free online ebook consisting of 52 lessons. Normally people have simpler ambitions, so I tell them it's okay to stop after the first 14. For a project like yours, I'm thinking you'll need to learn closer to the first 30 lessons.

2.) Obj-C

3.) Cocoa Touch - Both this and Obj-C can be learned from Stanford's iOS classes. The lectures are available for free on iTunes U.

At this point, you have two options:

A4.) C++ - I haven't yet found a good way of learning this. Fortunately, I'm taking a class in school on C/C++, I'm hoping it'll teach me everything I need to know within the next 5 weeks of so.

A5.) Ogre 3D - Check out the tutorials on their website.

B4.) Open GL ES - Hah. Good luck.

Estimates for how long each step will take:

1, 2, 3 - About a month each.
A4 - ??? Two weeks ???
A5 - ??? About a month ???
B4 - ??? Several months ???

I had been trying to learn Open GL ES, but after months of on/off attempts with limited success, I gave up. I have no idea how people learn the language. All I can find for it is reference material; there's no learning material.

Thus I suggest learning Ogre 3D instead. It's written in C++, which means you have to learn that first, but I've had far more success with learning it for a month than I did with nearly a year of trying to make Open GL ES work. (Best I ever managed in Open GL ES - A colorful spinning star. Best I've ever managed with Ogre 3D - A Robot that walks to wherever you command it + dynamic lighting.)