
RealD 3D is a digital stereoscopic projection technology made and sold by RealD. It is currently the most widely used technology for watching 3D films in theaters. Worldwide, RealD 3D is installed in more than 26,500 auditoriums by approximately 1,200 exhibitors in 72 countries as of June 2015. RealD 3D cinema technology is a polarized 3D system that uses circularly polarized light to produce stereoscopic image projection. The advantage of circular polarization over linear polarization is that viewers are able to tilt their head and look about the theater naturally without seeing double or darkened images. However, as with other systems, any significant head tilt will result in incorrect parallax and prevent the brain from correctly fusing the stereoscopic images. The high-resolution, digital cinema grade video projector alternately projects right-eye frames and left-eye frames, switching between them 144 times per second.[3] The projector is either a Texas Instruments Digital Light Processing device or Sony's reflective LCOS (liquid crystal on silicon). A push-pull electro-optical liquid crystal modulator called a ZScreen is placed immediately in front of the projector lens to alternately polarize each frame. It circularly polarizes the frames clockwise for the right eye and counter-clockwise for the left eye.[4] The audience wears circularly polarized glasses that have oppositely polarized lenses that ensures each eye sees only its designated frame. In RealD Cinema, each frame is projected three times to reduce flicker, a system called triple flash. The source video is usually produced at 24 frames per second per eye (total 48 frames/s), which may result in subtle ghosting and stuttering on horizontal camera movements. A silver screen is used to maintain the light polarization upon reflection and to reduce reflection loss to counter some of the significant light loss due to polarization filter absorption. The result is a 3D picture that seems to extend behind and in front of the screen itself.

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The premise in early outlines by Michael Dougherty and Dan Harris concerned the sun-stone island that Superman hurled into outer space. As the large mass of Kryptonian technology continues to grow, it attracts Brainiac to the Milky Way, having first become aware of Superman when one of his probes surveyed him during his five-year trip in the crystal spacecraft exploring the lost remnants of Krypton. When Brainiac's spacecraft arrives, Superman greets him, with Brainiac deceiving him by appearing to be an ordinary Kryptonian survivor like him, asking why he hasn't re-educated Earth's natives to improve their lifestyle. Superman explains he has sworn not to interfere with the natural progress of human society, but Brainiac disagrees and begins to interact with various nations, eventually causing wars to break out. As a result, Superman becomes a pariah and investigates the innards of Brainiac's ship, finding an army of clone bodies that resemble the visitor and learning that he is actually a ruthless artificial intelligence that's responsible for Krypton's doom. Brainiac has chosen Jason White, Superman's biological son with Lois Lane, as his genetic host, causing him to rapidly age into full adulthood, thus Superman finds he has no choice but to sacrifice his only son in order to put an end to the threat of Brainiac.


