Mike Goslin
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| name = Mike Goslin
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| occupation = designer, game developer, technologist
| known_for = former Vice President of Advanced Development at The Walt Disney Company
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| website = {{URL|newpeakinteractive.com}}
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| alma_mater= University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (MA)
Duke University (BA)
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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.{{Cite web |last=Roettgers |first=Janko |date=2017-11-03 |title=Disney's 'Star Wars' Augmented Reality Headset Goes on Sale: First Impressions |url=https://variety.com/2017/digital/news/star-wars-jedi-challenges-ar-headset-1202606445/ |access-date=2024-12-12 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Morfoot |first=Addie |date=2004-08-24 |title=Time for Toontown |url=https://variety.com/2004/scene/markets-festivals/time-for-toontown-1117909487/ |access-date=2024-12-10 |website=Variety |language=en-US}} In 2020, Goslin founded New Peak Interactive and is its CEO.
Education
Goslin holds a bachelor's degree in Psychology from Duke University and a master's degree in Computer Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
During his computer science education, Goslin worked as a researcher at The Institute for Simulation and Training where he collaborated with Jacquelyn Ford Morie on the VR artwork Virtopia.{{Cite journal |last1=Goslin |first1=Mike |last2=Morie |first2=Jacquelyn Ford |date=1996 |title="Virtopia": Emotional Experiences in Virtual Environments |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1576338 |journal=Leonardo |volume=29 |issue=2 |pages=95 |doi=10.2307/1576338|jstor=1576338 |url-access=subscription }} At UNC-Chapel Hill, Goslin led the Walkthrough Project under VR pioneer Fred Brooks.{{Cite book |last=van Dam |first=Andy |title=Proceedings of the 1997 symposium on Interactive 3D graphics |date=1997 |publisher=ACM |others=Association for Computing Machinery, ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques |isbn=978-0-89791-884-8 |series=ACM Digital Library |location=New York, NY}} Goslin later interned at Silicon Graphics and helped develop the Nintendo 64 video game console.{{Cite web |last=Kuchera |first=Ben |date=2008-02-07 |title=Disney wants your child online: MMOs for tweens (and below) |url=https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2008/02/disney-pirates-overview/ |access-date=2024-12-10 |website=Ars Technica |language=en-US}}
Career
Goslin joined Walt Disney Imagineering in 1996, working in various roles before becoming Director and Vice President of the VR Studio where he led the development of several interactive attractions for DisneyQuest and Walt Disney World, including the THEA Award-winning Pirates of the Caribbean: Battle for Buccaneer Gold.{{Cite web |date=2009-03-18 |title=Mike Goslin appointment |url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/mike-goslin-appointment-former-pirates-of-the-caribbean-online-and-toontown-online-man-moves-to-new-virtual-world-hangout-net |access-date=2024-12-10 |website=GamesIndustry.biz |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Disney's Goslin On The Pirates Of The Caribbean MMO's 'Velvet Rope' |url=https://www.gamedeveloper.com/game-platforms/disney-s-goslin-on-the-i-pirates-of-the-caribbean-i-mmo-s-velvet-rope- |access-date=2024-12-10 |website=www.gamedeveloper.com |language=en}}
Goslin founded Disney's Massively Multiplayer Online Game and Virtual Worlds business, overseeing the launch of a portfolio of award-winning games,{{Cite news |title=After Internet's Big Bust, Broadband Shift Went On |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB1041979000108173904 |work=The Wall Street Journal}} Toontown Online{{Cite book |last=Miller |first=Carolyn Handler |title=Digital storytelling: a creator's guide to interactive entertainment |date=2014 |publisher=Focal Press |isbn=978-0-415-83694-4 |location=Burlington, MA}}{{Cite web |title="Original Development Team to Join Toontown Online 20th Anniversary Panel" - Games Press |url=https://www.gamespress.com/en-US/Original-Development-Team-to-Join-Toontown-Online-20th-Anniversary-Pan |access-date=2024-12-10 |website=www.gamespress.com}} Pirates of the Caribbean Online,{{Cite web |title='Pirates' sets sail for online game |url=https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/pirates-sets-sail-for-online-game/#google_vignette |access-date=2024-12-10 |website=CNET |language=en}} Pixie Hollow, and The World of Cars Online.{{Cite web |author=I. G. N. Staff |date=2010-09-14 |title=First Annual Game Developers Choice Online Awards Opens Voting for Audience Award |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2010/09/14/first-annual-game-developers-choice-online-awards-opens-voting-for-audience-award |access-date=2024-12-10 |website=IGN |language=en}}
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. In 2010, Goslin was recruited by IAC to found Rebel Entertainment, where he was General Manager.{{Cite web |date=2012-04-25 |title=Rebel Entertainment: Disney veterans look to capitalize on Diablo III hype |url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/rebel-entertainment-disney-veterans-building-social-games |access-date=2024-12-10 |website=GamesIndustry.biz |language=en}} During his tenure at Rebel Entertainment, Goslin developed several online and social games including the award-winning Dungeon Rampage.{{Cite web |date=2013-03-14 |title=Facebook game makers: "Ignore the audience at your peril" |url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/mike-goslin-ignore-the-audience-at-your-peril |access-date=2024-12-10 |website=GamesIndustry.biz |language=en}}
In 2013, Goslin returned to Disney to lead the development of the connected play system Playmation.{{Cite web |title=How a 6-Year-Old Reacted to Marvel's Playmation |url=https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/year-reacted-marvels-playmation/story?id=34204600 |access-date=2024-12-10 |website=ABC News |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Kuchera |first=Ben |date=2015-10-08 |title=This is Disney's $120 attempt to make your kid feel like Iron Man |url=https://www.polygon.com/2015/10/8/9479303/Disney-marvel-frozen-star-wars-playmation |access-date=2024-12-10 |website=Polygon |language=en-US}} He later launched the wearable AR experience Star Wars: Jedi Challenges in 2017, which was presented live on Good Morning America.{{Cite web |last=America |first=Good Morning |title='Star Wars' augmented reality game debuts on 'GMA' |url=https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/news/video/star-wars-augmented-reality-game-debuts-gma-50901085 |access-date=2024-12-10 |website=Good Morning America |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Fink |first=Charlie |title=Why Lenovo's 'Star Wars: Jedi Challenge' Is The $200 Device That Will Define AR |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/charliefink/2017/11/03/star-wars-jedi-challenge-defines-ar/ |access-date=2024-12-10 |website=Forbes |language=en}} In 2019, Goslin's team partnered with Audi and Holoride to create Rocket's Rescue Run, a VR experience for backseat passengers.{{Cite web |last=Jarvey |first=Natalie |date=2019-01-07 |title=CES: Audi Unveils In-Car Virtual Reality Experience |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/ces-audi-unveils-car-virtual-reality-experience-1174067/ |access-date=2024-12-10 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |date=2019-01-07 |title=Audi and Marvel bring Holoride virtual-reality gaming to the back seat |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/drive/auto-shows/article-audi-and-marvels-holoride-brings-virtual-reality-gaming-to-the-back/ |access-date=2024-12-10 |work=The Globe and Mail |language=en-CA}}
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.,{{Cite web |title=Nordic-powered Bluetooth LE Harry Potter: Magic Caster Wand provides interactive experience |url=https://www.iot-now.com/2022/10/28/124916-nordic-powered-bluetooth-le-harry-potter-magic-caster-wand-provides-interactive-experience/}} and helped Niantic design an AR headset for outdoor gaming in 2022.{{Cite web |date=2021-03-29 |title=Niantic Labs CEO posts a teaser image of some AR glasses |url=https://www.engadget.com/niantic-ar-headset-teaser-225310953.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAABZTKS_bOm0q2vzI3U_yZu7XB66YjURGchEPuD1kC_5TYAj0Gjo8t9VOd05AHGLLyUGGL25ezzPZLt5pbzYaZUjyKXRJIUJUdyTA_Oe6pjYhlu2oACmPpFQJh0vasQ5_hVAi8VuYnjC1yGK_DgV2HYRqT2FzIAbXkw6Nn1hNcwRk |access-date=2024-12-10 |website=Engadget |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Lang |first=Ben |date=2022-11-21 |title='Pokémon GO' Developer Reveals Snapdragon AR2-powered Headset for Outdoor Use |url=https://www.roadtovr.com/niantic-ar2-headset-outdoor-announcement/ |access-date=2024-12-10 |website=Road to VR |language=en-US}}
Selected publications
- {{cite conference | last1=Zyda | first1=Michael | last2=Gehorsam | first2=Robert | last3=Rosedale | first3=Philip | last4=Mine | first4=Mark | last5=Goslin | first5=Mike | last6=Herz | first6=Jc | title=Proceedings of the 2003 symposium on Interactive 3D graphics - SI3D '03 | chapter=Does the metaverse start now? | publisher=ACM Press | date=2003 | page=215 | isbn=978-1-58113-645-6 | doi=10.1145/641519.641521}}
- {{cite journal | last1=Goslin | first1=M. | last2=Mine | first2=M.R. | title=The Panda3D graphics engine | journal=Computer | volume=37 | issue=10 | date=2004 | issn=0018-9162 | doi=10.1109/MC.2004.180 | pages=112–114}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.newpeakinteractive.com/ Official website]
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