International Data Corporation predicts that the number of mobile application downloads worldwide will grow from 10.9 billion in 2010 to 76.9 billion in 2014. The market intelligence company also anticipates mobile app revenues will surpass $35 billion in 2014.

IDC’s findings are based on company financials, product announcements and its quarterly survey of the Appcelerator mobile developer base.

Based on its research, the organization expects accelerated growth in the mobile apps market as even more applications make their way to tablets, Internet ()-connected TVs and other devices in the years ahead.

“Mobile app developers will ‘appify’ just about every interaction you can think of in your physical and digital worlds,” says Scott Ellison, IDC mobile and wireless research vice president.

Essentially, IDC is making the claim that mobile applications, and associated revenues, are here to stay. It’s a conclusion that seems reasonable considering how lucrative and popular apps like Angry Birds have been, and the current ubiquity of mobile applications. Previous research from the Pew Internet Project points to 24% of the U.S. adult population using apps, with app users having 18 apps on their device on average.

When Firemint, the creators of the popular iPhone air-traffic-control simulator Flight Control, began working on a version of the game for the iPad, the company decided to move beyond the tablet’s roomy screen and into the third dimension.

The new version is called Flight Control HD and available now in the Apple App Store includes a new airfield that looks best if you are wearing a pair of red-and-blue anaglyph 3-D glasses.

However, players eager to experience the new multidimensional airfield will have to pick-up their own set of 3-D viewing glasses, said Alexandra Peters, community manager at Firemint.

“It’s more of a quirky surprise more than a big selling feature,” she said. “They’re the low-tech glasses so they are easy to find on Amazon.”

The iPad version, which costs $4.99 to download, allows two players to do battle with one another on a split screen. Players can also play against each other using multiple devices, including iPads, iPhones and iPod Touches, over a Wi-Fi network or Bluetooth.

Firemint, which is based in Melbourne, Australia, has posted a preview video on YouTube, though it doesn’t show the 3-D airfield.