The Ouya, stylized as OUYA, is an Android-based microconsole developed by Ouya Inc. Julie Uhrman founded the project in 2012, bringing in designer Yves Béhar to collaborate on its design and Muffi Ghadiali as VP of Product Management to put together the engineering team. Development was funded via Kickstarter, raising US$8.5 million, becoming one of the website's highest earning projects in its history.
An Ouya (right) and its accompanying controller
The small motherboard of the Ouya
The controller with the plates removed, revealing fabric pull-tabs to remove the batteries from the inserts
Early reviews criticized the Ouya's controller for lag and build quality issues.
Yves Béhar is a Swiss-born American designer, entrepreneur, and educator. He is the founder and principal designer of Fuseproject, an industrial design and brand development firm. Béhar is also the co-founder and Chief Creative Officer of August Smart Lock, a smart lock company acquired by Assa Abloy in 2017; and co-founder of Canopy, a co-working space based in San Francisco.
Béhar in 2010
Béhar in 2008
One Laptop per Child (The OLPC) XO laptop