Mike Goslin is an American experience designer, game developer, and technologist working in the areas of video games, immersive experiences, and consumer products. He is best known for creating Toontown Online and Star Wars: Jedi Challenges while an executive at The Walt Disney Company.[1][2] In 2020, Mike founded New Peak Interactive where he currently serves as CEO.
In 2009, Goslin left Disney to join a startup game company, Hangout Industries, as Vice President of Product Development. He oversaw the development, design and operations of the company's online entertainment product.[6][12] In 2010, Goslin was recruited by IAC to found Rebel Entertainment, where he served as General Manager.[13] During his tenure at Rebel Entertainment, Goslin developed several online and social games including the award-winning Dungeon Rampage.[13][14]
In 2013, Goslin returned to Disney to lead the development of the connected play system Playmation.[15][16] He later launched the wearable AR experience Star Wars: Jedi Challenges in 2017, which was presented live on Good Morning America.[17][18] In 2019, Goslin's team partnered with Audi and Holoride to create Rocket's Rescue Run, a VR experience for backseat passengers.[19][20]
In 2021, Goslin founded New Peak Interactive and led the development of the connected smart wand product Harry Potter: Magic Caster Wand, which launched in 2022 for Warner Bros.,[21] and helped Niantic design an AR headset for outdoor gaming in 2022.[22][23]
Selected publications
Zyda, Michael; Gehorsam, Robert; Rosedale, Philip; Mine, Mark; Goslin, Mike; Herz, Jc (2003). "Does the metaverse start now?". Proceedings of the 2003 symposium on Interactive 3D graphics - SI3D '03. ACM Press. p. 215. doi:10.1145/641519.641521. ISBN978-1-58113-645-6.
^van Dam, Andy (1997). Proceedings of the 1997 symposium on Interactive 3D graphics. ACM Digital Library. Association for Computing Machinery, ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques. New York, NY: ACM. ISBN978-0-89791-884-8.
