OhMiBod is an American company that manufactures
sex toy
A sex toy is an object or device that is primarily used to facilitate human sexual pleasure, such as a dildo, artificial vagina or vibrator. Many popular sex toys are designed to resemble human genitals, and may be vibrating or non-vibratin ...
s, based in
New Hampshire
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,
United States
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.
Overview
Its name has been used as a collective reference to a range of remote controlled
vibrating sex toys. The device originally translated an electronic music output into vibrations,
with the volume and beat of the music determining the strength of the vibrations.
Co-creator Suki Vatter previously worked for Apple's product marketing department and the product was first targeted to
iPod
The iPod is a discontinued series of portable media players and multi-purpose mobile devices designed and marketed by Apple Inc. The first version was released on October 23, 2001, about months after the Macintosh version of iTunes ...
users.
Vatter, who created the product with her husband Brian, said that the vibrator is designed to be "socially acceptable".
One journalist commented that the packaging looked like "something that might have come straight from the iPod factory".
The website for the product also included the series "ClubVibe" which allows users to anonymously share playlists and experiences.
The product was made compatible with the
iPhone in January 2008 and now responds to ringtones and voice calls.
In addition to the upgrade, a smaller and cheaper 'nano' versions of the toy was released.
A 2008 review in
MacLife
''MacLife'' (stylized as ''Mac, Life'') is an American monthly magazine published by Future US. It focuses on the Macintosh personal computer and related products, including the iPad and iPhone. It’s sold as a print product on newsstands, and a ...
pointed out that the vibrator could be heard "distractingly loud" over the iPod's earbuds.
Ohmibod has been used by
webcam model
A webcam model (colloquially, camgirl, camboy, or cammodel) is a video performer who streams on the Internet with a live webcam broadcast. A webcam model often performs erotic acts online, such as stripping, masturbation, or sex acts in exchan ...
s, who program it to vibrate to the sound of online tips.
Body Heat is the name of an
iPhone app designed to control an OhMiBod vibrator's vibration speed, intensity, and patterns. OhMiBod team acquired the product after a prototype was presented at the
sex technology
Sex technology, also called sex-tech or sextech, is technology and technology-driven ventures that are designed to enhance, innovate, or otherwise change human sexuality and/or the human sexual experience. Use of the term was propagated online b ...
conference
Arse Elektronika
Arse Elektronika is an annual conference organized by the Austrian arts and philosophy collective monochrom, focused on sex and technology. The festival presents talks, workshops, machines, presentations and films. The festival's curator is Johann ...
in September 2010 in San Francisco. The app's designer
Heather Kelley
Heather Kelley (aka ''Moboid'') is a media artist, writer and video game designer. She is a co-founder of the Kokoromi experimental game collective, with whom she produces and curates the annual Gamma game event promoting experimental games as cre ...
is collaborating with them on creating upgrades of the software.
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See also
* Lovense
Lovense is a Singapore-based sex tech company specializing in the development of remotely controlled sex toys and pleasure products, as well as accompanying software.
History
Lovense was founded by Dan Liu in 2010. The company was inspired by ...
* Teledildonics
Teledildonics (also known as cyberdildonics) is the name coined for virtual sex encounters using networked, electronic sex toys to mimic and extend human sexual interaction. The term became known after technology critic and writer Howard Rheingold ...
* Lovehoney
Lovehoney is a British business that sells sex toys, lingerie and erotic gifts on the Internet. Their tagline is "the sexual happiness people".
In addition to retailing, Lovehoney has over 400 own brand products and does development and publicit ...
References
External links
* {{official, http://www.ohmibod.com/
Sex toy manufacturers
American companies established in 2006
American brands
2006 establishments in New Hampshire
Teledildonics
Privately held companies based in New Hampshire
Manufacturing companies established in 2006