Chapter 12

Question	Answer
What was the first feature length 3-D film?	'The Power of Love' in 1922.
How do 3D movies work?	The screen actually displays two images and 3-D glasses feed different images into each of your eyes.
How does Anaglyph systems work?	Anaglyph systems use red/blue (or red/green) projectors on screens with displaced images.
What is the preferred method of 3-D?	Using polarized lenses that allow color viewing. Two synchronized projectors project two respective views onto the screen, each with a different polarization.
What is the name for home viewing 3D?	Passive 3D TV: alternate lines on the screen are fitted with opposing polarizing filters Active 3D: displays an image for the right eye rapidly followed by an image for the left eye
What is the Pulfrich Effect?	When viewing a scene through dark and clear lenses the image through the dark lens reaches the brain slightly later than the image through the clear lens, creating the illusion of 3D
What is Lenticular printing?	A technology in which lenticular lenses are used to produce printed images with an illusion of depth, or the ability to change or move as the image is viewed from different angles
Another name for Lenticular Printing?	flicker pictures or wiggle pictures
How does the Nintendo 3DS work?	It uses a Parallax Barrier: There's a second layer that consists of a second liquid crystal display (LCD) in which the crystals can create barriers that channel light

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