Batman: The Animated Series Is Getting A VR Upgrade

It can arguably be said that Batman: The Animated Series was one of the most exciting and ground breaking cartoons for kids (even though a lot of adults watched it too!) to have come out in the last 50 years.  With the show's "film noir" styling, it quickly stood out from all of the other cartoons that were being produced at that time.  Starting in 1992 and concluding in 1995. Batman: The Animated Series changed not only cartoons as we see them, but also had a major impact on DC comic books as well.  It is one of the few instances where a TV cartoon character was able to make the jump over to comic book canon.  That character is, of course, Harley Quinn.  The Joker's girlfriend (?) in the cartoon got her own origin story in DC comics and soon became a fan favorite, especially among the cosplayers at Comic Cons.  It also gave us two of the most iconic voice actors ever to do Batman and the Joker, Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill, respectively.  In fact, their work on Batman: TAS had such an impact on viewers that their talents are still being sought after twenty years after the show ended for direct to DVD Batman movies.  When you think of Batman or the Joker, it's their voices that you hear playing them.

We've now learned that DC and Mattel are going to team up to give the next generation of Batman fans a new look at Batman: TAS.  The two are going to create a new VR experience for the show for use with Mattel's View Master.  Now, this isn't your daddy's old View Master.  When I was a kid, you had to stick a pinwheel with pictures into a viewing device and it just clicked through the photos when you flipped the lever.  No, this one is a Google Cardboard-compatible VR headset that can be used with iOS and Android phones.

It's not really known what exactly will make this a "VR experience," but it could be easily assumed that it will put users in virtual setting of some the more iconic scenes from the series, somewhere like the Bat-Cave.  It's also easily assumed that there will be different characters that the viewers will be able to interact with, as well.  And while this is probably geared towards kids, it's hard to believe that it will only be purchased by children.  There are a lot of adults that grew up watching this show that I'm sure would be interested in using this, too.  No release date has been given for this project.

So what do you think?  Is this something that you'll buy for yourself, or will you buy it for your kids?  Let me know what you think about this in the comments section down below.