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DC Entertainment Bringing Batman Experience To Gear VR and Oculus Rift

Posted by samzenpus on from the take-a-look-around dept.

muterobert writes It's been announced that Warner Bros., DC Entertainment, and OTOY are collaborating to recreate the iconic Batcave from Batman: The Animated Series in virtual reality for Samsung Gear VR and Oculus Rift. OTOY is providing what they call "holographic video" technology to render the scene in a way that's true to the Batcave of the classic 90s show.

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  1. Expect to eat some bugs by penguinoid · · Score: 1

    I bet there's a joke somewhere about "blind as a bat".

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  2. ya, sure by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    If a tree falls in a forest, does it make a sound?

  3. Problem? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Safari can’t open the page “www.roadtovr.com/dc-entertainment-batman-the-animated-series-experience-oculus-rift-samsung-gear-vr/” because Safari can’t find the server “www.roadtovr.com”.

    I tried with both http and https.

    1. Re:Problem? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Yes. Use a better browser.

  4. Batcave of the 90's show? by B5_geek · · Score: 1

    There was a Batman TV show in the 90's?

    I thought the only Batman TV show was the campy 70's version. Or are they referring to a cartoon?

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    1. Re:Batcave of the 90's show? by Jason+Levine · · Score: 1

      It's referring to Batman: The Animated Series. Which led to Superman: The Animated Series. Which led to Justice League. Which led to Justice League Unlimited. (And Batman Beyond and Static Shock in the mix somewhere.)

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    2. Re:Batcave of the 90's show? by B5_geek · · Score: 1

      It appears that TFS has been edited to answer my question.

      Thanks.

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    3. Re:Batcave of the 90's show? by Monkey-Man2000 · · Score: 1

      Or are they referring to a cartoon?

      From TFS: "Batman: The Animated Series", so yes.

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    4. Re:Batcave of the 90's show? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      And the women in all of these series are hot. Just sayin'.

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    5. Re:Batcave of the 90's show? by westlake · · Score: 1

      There was a Batman TV show in the 90's?

      "Batman: The Animated Series" introduced the now iconic character, Harley Quinn.

      Kevin Conroy has had the longest run of any actor to play Batman, 1992 to the present. In 85 episodes of Batman: TAS alone.

    6. Re:Batcave of the 90's show? by antdude · · Score: 1

      Batman: The Animated Series

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    7. Re:Batcave of the 90's show? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      And is widely regarded to be perhaps the best adaption of Batman ever, and had an amazing ensemble voice case. Mark Hamill as the Joker was perfect.

  5. Robin by Frosty+Piss · · Score: 1

    I'm still irritated that none of the modern iterations of this comic do not include the side-kick character.

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    1. Re:Robin by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Why does that irritate you and how is that different than the comics? If you don't like a Batman with sidekicks, I'm sure you can find a comic superhero without a sidekick.

    2. Re:Robin by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      You know what he means. Get a life.

    3. Re:Robin by metrix007 · · Score: 1

      You don't seem to have read any of the modern iterations of the comic.

      The robins have *ALWAYS* been a core part of the Batman Mythos.

      Since the New 52, Batman had a Robin called Damian who was his biological son, trained to be a killer. The series "Batman and Robin" deals with him trying to establish a relationship with his son who has become Robin and trying to change his ways.

      A huge crossover event at the moment involves Batman going against Darkseid to reclaim his sons body back.

      An amazing Batman story in the 2005 was "Under the Red Hood", which deals with Jason Todd and is a continuation of "A death in the family".

      Robin has almost always been present, in almost all iterations of the character. The only exception are stories set in Batman's early years before he had a Robin, stories where he is not the main character such as the Justice League stories (Robin has the Teen Titans) or stories focused on detective stories, where the story works better without Robin. These are the exception however.

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  6. Sounds Boring by ZombieBraintrust · · Score: 1

    I liked the show. But this sounds pretty boring. Would rather have the batmobile added to one of the driving sims that support VR.

  7. Google Cardboard? by jeffmflanagan · · Score: 2

    It would be cooler if it would work with a regular smart-phone and google-cardboard. The cardboard version would overheat my phone, but a plastic version of the cardboard design is able to produce VR that's much more effective than I expected without enclosing the phone and creating a heat problem.

    I bought this one, which lacks the magnet required by some VR apps, but works with most Android VR apps. I have not tried it with an iPhone. http://www.amazon.com/gp/produ...

    I also picked up a bluetooth game controller and some NFC tags to complete the package http://www.amazon.com/gp/produ... http://www.amazon.com/gp/produ...

    It's a fun setup to play around with until OR is released.

    1. Re:Google Cardboard? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I am working on this. It is not locked to a specific platform. Google cardboard could be supported, and down the line maybe WebVR. That being said, the experience on Gear VR is beyond anything else we've tried on mobile. Gear VR I think looks even better than the DK2 for this type of content, due to the increased resolution (1080p vs. 1440p).

  8. Intense by doug141 · · Score: 1

    Jumping building to building in VR... Do these things have an EKG?