Will The Hobbit Change How We Watch Movies?

Director Peter Jackson is planning on releasing The Hobbit with a frame rate of 48 frames per second, twice that of the current industry standard. The faster frame rate will make the images flow more smoothly and provide a richer viewing experience. However, if theaters want to show The Hobbit when it comes out, which they will as it is one of the most anticipated movies of the year, they will need to upgrade their projection equipment to show the film with a higher frame rate by the December 14th release date. While this may be expensive for theaters, this is likely the way of the future, and theaters should be able to recoup their losses as more and more films are released with this higher frame rate, especially films by other visionary directors like James Cameron (who has already announced that Avatar 2 and 3 will be shot in 48 fps) who are obsessed with making the viewing experience as good as possible. There is some debate over if this is necessary, but I think increased realism is always good, but how many frames per second are necessary for optimal realism? Theaters have already spent money to upgrade projectors to show 3D movies, and now that fad is on it's way out, and experts predict that the upgrade won't be that big of a deal, but is this an unnecessary expense for theaters to undergo? Now, if movie ticket prices are higher after The Hobbit is released, you'll know why.