OhMiBod co-founders Suki and Brian Dunham. (GeekWire Photo)

Tucked away in a far corner of the Las Vegas Convention Center, a friendly husband and wife team are waiting to chat with CES attendees about their line of high-tech sex toys.

OhMiBod, a New Hampshire startup founded by Suki and Brian Dunham, has been exhibiting at CES for seven years despite the conference’s often fraught relationship with the sex industry.

In the past, the Adult Entertainment Expo (now informally known as AVN) coexisted with CES in Las Vegas. But the two conferences didn’t make the best bedfellows and now AVN is held the week after CES.

The tech expo’s rules forbid “the showing of film, photos, games or other software in the exhibit area which are deemed objectionable, including explicit or simulated sex, nudity or violence.” They also require “companies showcasing sensitive material in the context of Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality and Mixed Reality” to check ID before displaying their content.

This attitude toward the adult industry combined with the CES/AVN split means sex-tech is barely represented at CES; most exhibitors wait to show off their products at AVN the following week.

But that’s not the case for OhMiBod. Suki Dunham says the company has never had a problem exhibiting at CES because of its female-friendly, sex-positive brand.

Suki Dunham with the Lovelife krush kegel exerciser and vibrator. (GeekWire Photo)

“We’re just not an offensive brand, to begin with,” she said “We didn’t really have to alter who we were. We talk about products in a certain way, I might use the term ‘pleasure product’ as opposed to something else that somebody else might use to describe it. We just address whatever audience is here and speak appropriately and present ourselves appropriately just like every other vendor.”

The first year OhMiBod applied to participate in CES, the Dunhams did have to get their booth approved by the organization.

“They didn’t know us,” said Suki Dunham. “They didn’t know what to expect. We showed them a rendering of what kind of imaging we had in our booth. It was fine because, again, we don’t do very risqué. We might do sexy but nothing beyond that.”

OhMiBod’s Lovelife krush kegel exerciser and vibrator even won Best Digital Health and Fitness Product award at CES last year.

Dunham said she and her husband draw inspiration for their products from their own 30-year relationship.

“It’s a long time,” she said. “That’s how we’re able to dream up these very creative products to keep relationships fresh and new.”

This year, OhMiBod is showing off a new iteration of its music-activated vibrator and a line of Blue Motion Bluetooth-enabled vibrators that can be operated by a partner.

The Club Vibe music-controlled vibrator. (GeekWire Photo)

OhMiBod is also launching a developers kit for the Blue Motion vibes at CES this year so that members of the community can build apps for the toys.

OhMiBod isn’t the only adult-oriented exhibitor to convince this year’s CES organizers to loosen up a bit. Naughty America, a San Diego company that makes porn in virtual reality, also got the green light to showcase its products. But Naughty America is required to give demos in a separate meeting room off the main exhibitor floor.

We tested out Naughty America’s VR experience so check back for our review on GeekWire.

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