«3D Networks» (« 3D Réseaux ») is the first Serious Game in 3D real time of its kind, designed to train and inform employees and students of all the risks of public works near buried networks.

3D Networks is a new generation of Serious Game bound to train and inform working staff and civil engineering students. The safety of the persons and the properties is, indeed, a permanent concern of the profession and the Regional Federation of the Public works.

3D Networks is a new generation of Serious Games created to train and inform staff and civil engineering students about the safety of people and property. This is, indeed, a serious concern of the profession as well as the Regional Federation of Public Works.

By having the player embody various characters according to their function (from the man on the ground up to the foreman, to the bulldozer driver), 3D Networks creates an immersive game that also gives an effective overview.

The Federation of the Public Works in Rhône-Alps is the first Federation in France to use a Serious Game, to train, and inform about the risks inherent to these professions.

This game will be used inside companies, in training centers Public works (VOCATIONAL TRAINING CENTRES, Professional Secondary schools, etc.) and will be available in download, on the Websites of the Federation as well at the level Rhône-Alpes as national, and will present on giant screens and PC, during professional or consumer events, by the Federation and its members.

Very soon, the dedicated Web site will allow players to download either the demo application, or screenshots and videos of 3D Networks.

This Serious Game was developed by B2B GAMES, a Lyon based company (www.b2b-games.com ) in collaboration with a Paris development studio Persistant Studios, and is based on their real-time 3D technology HellHeaven ( www.hellheaven.fr ).

B2B GAMES is an actor of the Serious Game, in Europe, and is member of Lyon Game and the Competivity Cluste IMAGINOVE, and works with the ARDI Rhône-Alps, the Region, the Grand Lyon and the City of Lyon (Velo’ v Racing in Lyon, developed for the Feast of the Lights 2006), Prize-winner of IMAGINOVE (in 2006 and 2007) and nominated for the «Griffe Lyonnaise» (Multimedia category in 2006 and 2007), a local entrepreneurship award.

B2B GAMES is an innovative company established in Lyon, as of which one of the main activities is the edition and the development of original products and customized applications,  such as the Serious Games ( training tools, or sales  tooms, demonstrators and 3D real-time simulators), for the Industries, such as the Aeronautics, the Textile industry, the Logistics.

B2B GAMES is also a supplier of Interactive Contents for the Promotions Agencies, or works directly with the Announcers. and also acts as representative and business exclusive developer for various development studios, and French and foreign Publishers.

Persistant Studios is a JEI (Young Innovative Enterprise), and develop solutions dedicated to the production of real-time 3D environments, intended for simulations,

video games and Serious Games.

Persistant Studios can answer all the needs of specific developments, by using its own 3D

real-time technology , HellHeaven: www.hellheaven.fr

Real-time 3D solutions for the realization of overviews (training), external and internal

recruitment, communication, displays(visualizations) (data interpretation,

virtual visits, configurations and parts assembling.

The Regional Federation of the Public works Rhône-Alpes is the trade association which represents, defends the profession of the Civil Engineering in Rhône-Alpes, and provides to companies a set of services, in particular in the Training field.