Advanced Mobile Applications, also known as AMA Studios or simply AMA, is an international software developer 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 '' Anno'', '' Assassin's Creed'', ' ...
and
Gameloft
Gameloft SE is a French video game company based in Paris, founded in December 1999 by Ubisoft co-founder Michel Guillemot. The company operates 18 development studios worldwide, and publishes games for mobile devices, video game consoles, and ...
.
In 2017, video game studio ''Playwing'' was created by AMA.
History
The company was founded on 21 January 2004 in
London
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by Christian Guillemot. In 2005 AMA released its first
JAVA
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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 "
Google Glass
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" game. After that, the
French
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** French language, which originated in France
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Arts and media
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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
Japan
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(Dr. Goto,
Nagoya
is the largest city in the Chūbu region of Japan. It is the list of cities in Japan, fourth-most populous city in Japan, with a population of 2.3million in 2020, and the principal city of the Chūkyō metropolitan area, which is the List of ...
).
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
smartglasses
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. Today AMA has about 50 employees in offices all around the world:
*
Rennes
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(
France
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)
*
Boston
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(
USA
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)
* London (
UK)
*
Bucharest
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(
Romania
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)
*
Cologne
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(
Germany
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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
Consumer Electronics Show
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(CES) in
Las Vegas
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.
in 2017, AMA opened its subsidiaries in Germany and United Kingdom.
References
Google mise sur Ama Rennes pour ses lunettesLe chirurgien opère avec des Google glassCertifiée "Google glass", AMA vise le milieu médicalCES 2016. Ama fait sensation avec son Xpert Eye
External links
* {{Official website, amaxperteye.com
French companies established in 2004