OhMiBod
{{Short description|American sex toys manufacturer}}
{{Infobox company
| name = OhMiBod
| logo = OhMiBod logo 2021.svg
| type = Private
| industry = Sex toys
| founded = {{Start date and age|2006}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ohmibod.com/about/|title=OhMiBod|website=www.ohmibod.com}}
| founder = Suki Dunham
Brian Dunham
| hq_location_country = New Hampshire, United States
| area_served = Worldwide
| key_people =
| owner =
| num_employees_year =
| website = {{URL|ohmibod.com}}
}}
OhMiBod is an American company that manufactures sex toys, based in New Hampshire, United States.
Overview
Its name has been used as a collective reference to a range of remote controlled vibrating sex toys.{{Citation needed|date=December 2022}} The device originally translated an electronic music output into vibrations,{{cite web |title=Ohmibod - the first iPod acsexory |url=http://www.gizmag.com/go/6492/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130124215257/http://www.gizmag.com/go/6492/ |archive-date=24 January 2013 |accessdate=2008-07-22 |publisher=GizMag}} with the volume and beat of the music determining the strength of the vibrations.{{cite news |url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2007/02/07/1170524129445.html?page=3 |title=Unholy Alliance |accessdate=2008-07-22 |publisher=The Age | location=Melbourne |date=2007-02-08}}
Co-creator Suki Vatter previously worked for Apple's product marketing department and the product was first targeted to iPod users. Vatter, who created the product with her husband Brian, said that the vibrator is designed to be "socially acceptable".{{cite web |title=Good vibes from Apple's iPod |url=http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,21100674-15309,00.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121215183459/http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/good-vibes-from-apples-ipod/story-e6frg6n6-1111112873338 |archive-date=2012-12-15 |accessdate=2008-07-22 |publisher=Australian IT}} 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.{{cite web |last=Chen |first=Jason |date=3 January 2008 |title=OhMiBod iPod Vibrator Getting iPhone Compatibility |url=https://gizmodo.com/340114/ohmibod-ipod-vibrator-getting-iphone-compatibility |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130124023555/http://gizmodo.com/340114/ohmibod-ipod-vibrator-getting-iphone-compatibility |archive-date=2013-01-24 |accessdate=2008-07-22 |publisher=Gizmodo}} In addition to the upgrade, a smaller and cheaper 'nano' versions of the toy was released.
A 2008 review in MacLife pointed out that the vibrator could be heard "distractingly loud" over the iPod's earbuds.{{cite web |date=2008-12-11 |title=OhMiBod Naughtibod |url=http://www.maclife.com/article/reviews/ohmibod_naughtibod |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130128032139/http://www.maclife.com/article/reviews/ohmibod_naughtibod |archive-date=2013-01-28 |accessdate=2014-03-11 |publisher=Maclife.com}}
Ohmibod has been used by webcam models, who program it to vibrate to the sound of online tips.{{cite news|title=How a Cam Girl Conspiracy Theory Sparked Masturbation Innovation|url=http://motherboard.vice.com/read/how-a-cam-girl-conspiracy-theory-sparked-masturbation-innovation|accessdate=6 December 2016|work=Vice (Motherboard)|language=en-us}}{{cite news |title=This Dildo of the Future Is Helping Cam Girls Make Bank During Performances |url=https://mic.com/articles/126636/cam-girls-are-hacking-their-vibrators-to-orgasm-to-money |accessdate=6 December 2016 |work=Mic (media company)}}{{cite news |title=So Chaturbate's Kind Of A Big Deal - But Who's Using It? |url=https://erotik.live/porn-sex/brunette/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20160219211317/http://www.thedebrief.co.uk/sex/sex-stories/what-is-chaturbate-and-whos-using-it-20150849737 |archive-date=19 February 2016 |accessdate=6 December 2016 |work=Bauer Media Group}}
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 conference Arse Elektronika in September 2010 in San Francisco.{{cite web |last=Gluckstern |first=Nicole |date=October 6, 2010 |title=The Performant: Dies Arses have it |url=http://www.sfbg.com/pixel_vision/2010/10/06/performant-dies-arses-have-it |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130202080128/http://www.sfbg.com/pixel_vision/2010/10/06/performant-dies-arses-have-it |archive-date=2013-02-02 |publisher=San Francisco Bay Guardian}} The app's designer Heather Kelley is collaborating with them on creating upgrades of the software.{{cite web |date=29 August 2023 |title=Body Heat: sexy iPhone application is now available on the App Store |url=http://monochrom.at/blog/index.php?op=ViewArticle&articleId=1192&blogId=1 |website=monochrom.at}}[https://us.theoriginalrosetoy.net/ theoriginalrosetoy.net]
See also
References
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External links
- {{official|http://www.ohmibod.com/}}
{{Sex technology}}
Category:Sex toy manufacturers
Category:American companies established in 2006
Category:2006 establishments in New Hampshire