Advanced Mobile Applications, also known as AMA Studios or simply AMA, is an international developer and publisher of

games A game is a structured form of play, usually undertaken for entertainment or fun, and sometimes used as an educational tool. Many games are also considered to be work (such as professional players of spectator sports or games) or art (such ...

and applications for phones, tablets, interactive TVs and connected objects founded in 2004 by Christian Guillemot. It is a sister company of

Ubisoft Ubisoft Entertainment SA (; ; formerly Ubi Soft Entertainment SA) is a French video game publisher headquartered in Saint-Mandé with development studios across the world. Its video game franchises include '' Assassin's Creed'', ''Far Cry'', '' ...

and

Gameloft Gameloft SE is a French video game publisher based in Paris, founded in December 1999 by Ubisoft co-founder Michel Guillemot. The company operates 18 development studios worldwide, and publishes games with a special focus on the mobile games m ...

. Since 2017, the studio is called ''Playwing''.

History

The company was founded on 21 January 2004 in

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by Christian Guillemot. In 2005 AMA released its first

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products, mainly life-style applications. Between 2006 and 2008, AMA negotiated contracts with carriers in more than 40 countries. In 2012, the ''Stars vs Paparazzi'' and ''Panic Flight'' games reached one million downloads. That year, during the Google IO, AMA became a member of the new Google program the «''Explorer''». During Gamescom 2013, AMA introduced its first "

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" game. After that, the

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surgeon Dr. Philippe Collin invited AMA's team to make video conferencing tests and see what this kind of solution could bring to his discipline. On 14 February 2014 the company managed the World Premiere of live retransmission of surgery between France (Dr. Collin, CHP Saint-Grégoire, Rennes) and

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(Dr. Goto,

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). On 21 October 2014, Google chose AMA as a "Google Glass at Work Partner". In 2015, AMA launched Xpert Eye P1, its mobile videoconference solution based on

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. Today AMA has about 50 employees in offices all around the world: *

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(

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) *

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(

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) * London ( UK) *

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(

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) *

Cologne Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western States of Germany, state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 m ...

(

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) In January 2016, AMA unveiled Xpert Eye Mobility M1 as well as its "VAR" (''Value Added Resellers'') partnership with ODG (''Osterhout Design Group'') during the

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(CES) in

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. in 2017, AMA opened its subsidiaries in Germany and United Kingdom.

Games and applications

2015

* Late Again * Hills of Glory 3D on PC * Eye Sports * Xpert Eye P1, videoconference solution based on smartglasses, available on a PC

2016

* Xpert Eye Mobility M1, videoconference solution based on smartglasses, available on a mobile phone

Rewards

* ''Top developer'' Google Play * ''Google Certified'' Glass At Work Partner * ''ODG VAR'' (Value-Added Reseller), Reticle Connect Program * ''Developer of the week'' par Vserv2012, Vserv : http://blog.vserv.mobi/ama-uk-developer-of-the-week/ * Microsoft Preferred Client Program * Tizen Partner Program Association

Articles

* https://web.archive.org/web/20130218102048/http://blog.chartboost.com/post/43018666511/how-to-make-players-love-valentines-day-in-your-game * https://web.archive.org/web/20130306081123/http://gamer-news.fr/les-createurs-de-babel-rising-3d-devoile-leur-nouveau-jeu/ * http://www.ouest-france.fr/bretagne/rennes-35000/innovation-rennes-google-mise-sur-ama-rennes-pour-ses-google-glass-2935024 * http://www.ouest-france.fr/bretagne/sante-le-chirurgien-opere-rennes-et-teleporte-ses-yeux-au-japon-1931193 * https://web.archive.org/web/20161220092156/http://metropole.rennes.fr/actualites/economie-emploi/economie-entreprises/certifiee-google-glass-ama-vise-le-milieu-medical/ * http://www.entreprises.ouest-france.fr/article/ces-2016-ama-fait-sensation-son-xpert-eye-08-01-2016-248822 * http://article.wn.com/view/2016/04/28/Xpert_Eye_Mobility_the_glasses_which_will_help_the_first_eme/

References

{{reflist Mobile game companies Video game companies of the United Kingdom