00:00What did you just say? I said I wish I could go back to the beginning of the season,
00:04put some money on the cubby. Welcome to Ms. Mojo,
00:06and today we're looking at things that Back to the Future got right about the future.
00:12The future.
00:15Voice activated lights. You know those smart home devices that allow you to turn off the
00:19lights by simply using your voice? Well, Back to the Future saw this coming. In a scene during
00:23the second film, when the police bring Jennifer to her future 2015 home, the lights turn on at
00:28the sound of her voice. You got a little tranked, but I think you can walk. Ma'am, you should
00:33reprogram. It's dangerous to enter without lights on. Lights on? Yes. For a film that came out in
00:38the late 1980s, talk about a bright vision of technological advancement. Amazon Alexa,
00:43the now-famous voice-controlled smart assistant, debuted in 2014 and transformed the way many
00:49people interact with their homes. Alexa, lock the front door.
00:52Front door locked. Looking back, the timing is uncanny. It makes perfect sense that Marty and
01:00Jennifer's 2015 house would have voice-activated lights.
01:03Purple!
01:04Hands-free gaming. Playing a video game without touching a controller of some sort may have
01:09seemed far-fetched in 1989, but in 2015, not so much. When Marty walks into the cafe 80s in Back to
01:16the Future Part 2, two kids express their disapproval of using hands for gaming. This is a video game!
01:24I got it working! Do they not realize they're in a place called Cafe 80s? It should be nostalgic.
01:30Times were different then, kids. How do you play this thing? I'll show you, kid.
01:36I'm a crack shot at this. But lo and behold, by 2015, hands-free gaming actually became a real
01:42thing with devices like the Kinect. So, while traditional gaming with a handheld controller
01:47doesn't carry the baby toy label expressed in the movie, those kids still gave a sneak preview
01:51of a revolutionary gaming experience.
01:54You mean you have to use your hands? That's like a baby's toy.
01:58Multi-screen experience. Watching Marty Jr. watch six channels at once might have seemed silly or
02:04totally implausible at the time.
02:05And even now, if you watch Back to the Future Part 2, you can still get that futuristic feel,
02:15especially when you remember it came out in 1989.
02:21Back then, wall-mounted flat-screen TVs hadn't yet become the norm in homes either. By the 2010s,
02:27though, that multi-screen viewing experience actually became pretty normal. It just makes
02:31a bit more sense when you're trying to keep up with a bunch of sports games, compared to the
02:34random mix of channels Marty Jr. had on.
02:37Watching on TV for a change?
02:39Smartwatches. If you're a Back to the Future fan, you know that Doc Brown is ahead of his time.
02:44Roads? Where we're going, we don't need roads.
02:48But if you watched Part 2 around the time it came out, the way he uses a device on his wrist would
02:53have seemed outlandish. Cool, sure, but still outlandish. During this scene, the scientist and
02:58inventor looks at his wrist to check the weather forecast. Sure enough, the rain stops in five
03:03seconds. Yeah, right.
03:05Right on the tick.
03:06Well, looking back, we can identify what Doc was wearing as a smartwatch, because, well,
03:11they exist now, as does the ability to check the weather on them. The franchise also predicted
03:16the development of electronic tablets, but the smartwatch prediction is a little more apparent
03:21and was more far-fetched at the time.
03:23Damn, I'm late!
03:24Augmented reality.
03:25Hey, fruit.
03:27Fruit, please.
03:28Fruit, please.
03:30Marty Jr.'s living in his own world at times. Just check out the wearable tech he's rocking
03:34in this scene. His sister's got a pair, too.
03:36Dad, it's for you.
03:37Those look like smartglasses, something that wasn't real at the time. But, keyword, yet.
03:43These devices offer immersive tech-driven experiences, a la augmented reality. We also see a similar
03:49concept with the shark hologram that startles Marty. While the augmented reality in Back to the Future
03:54Part 2 isn't exactly the same as how we use it today, it definitely gave us a sneak peek of what
03:59was to come.
04:08Shark still looks fake.
04:09Digital currency and mobile payment. Contactless payment and transferring money wirelessly have
04:14become everyday parts of modern life. Back to the Future Part 2 told us this was coming.
04:19Or, well, they showed us.
04:20Scan it. I'm in.
04:22We see this technologically advanced payment method when Marty's asked to make a donation for the
04:26clock tower, as well as when Biff pays for his taxi ride with a thumbprint.
04:30That'll be $174.50.
04:32Here.
04:32I'd be careful all the time, it is a rough neighborhood.
04:34Okay, so it may not be exactly how we do it now, but the classic film franchise was definitely
04:39onto something. Fast forward to the 21st century, and the number of ways to pay has expanded and
04:44become more digitized.
04:46I'll count you down. Three, two, one.
04:50Take it out.
04:51Drones. Whether it's news drones or a dog-walking drone, Back to the Future Part 2 portrays a
04:56future of what was once considered unusual aerial activity. While the USA Today news drone in the
05:01film doesn't look like the actual non-military drones that eventually flew into our society,
05:06the concept is the same. Journalistic drones, many of which have cameras. And of course, drones for
05:12business, research, and personal use have come into play as well.
05:15Get off the gun!
05:17Get off the gun!
05:21I was afraid!
05:23Director Robert Zemeckis came up with the drone idea for the movie during a spitballing session.
05:27Who knew his spitball idea for a movie would actually become a part of reality?
05:31The shot is incredibly steady. How difficult is it to achieve that?
05:35Well, it's, um, the technology's really leapt on recently, so it means that there's a platform that
05:41the camera is mounted on which essentially is stabilized in real time.
05:45Fingerprint ID scanners. While fingerprint recognition and biometric devices had existed in
05:50some form before Back to the Future, the film franchise imagined them becoming even more
05:54technologically advanced by 2015. And they were right.
05:58It's called Touch ID.
05:59Whether you've used your Touch ID to unlock your phone or your laptop, or to fill in your
06:04password, you've likely used this technology in some form. In Back to the Future Part 2,
06:09Jennifer uses thumbprint recognition to open her front door.
06:12Welcome home, Jennifer.
06:14At the time the movie came out, this seemed super futuristic. Like seriously, no more keys?
06:19Fast forward to the 21st century, and while house keys still exist, some people really do
06:24only need their finger. The Cubs ending their World Series drought. By the time Back to the
06:31Future Part 2 was released, over 80 years had passed since the Chicago Cubs last won the World
06:36Series. But screenwriter Bob Gale, a St. Louis Cardinals fan, envisioned a 2015 where the Cubs
06:42finally would end the historic drought. And wow, was he close.
06:45Wait a minute. Cubs win World Series.
06:48What many called a curse was finally broken when the Cubs won the World Series in 2016.
06:54I have to ask you, you predicted that the Cubs were going to win the World Series in 2015?
06:58We did.
06:58That is right now.
07:00Even though the movie's prediction was one year off, we're considering it an amazing prediction
07:04because of just how long the drought was, and how unfamiliar it became for the Cubs to be on top
07:09of the baseball world. Marty's reaction says it all. Oh yeah, and they also predicted there would
07:14be an MLB franchise in Miami. Impressive indeed.
07:18Against Miami?
07:19Yeah, it's something, huh? Who would have thought? 100 to one shot!
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07:38Video calls.
07:42Talking to someone in another place while seeing their face live on a screen once seemed
07:47totally futuristic. Technically, video telephones had been invented before Back to the Future,
07:53but they weren't widely used at all. The film franchise took the technology a step further
07:58in its envisioned 2015 society. During a scene in Back to the Future Part 2,
08:02Marty answers a video call from his co-worker, who pops up on a big screen.
08:06If this thing works, it'll solve all your financial problems.
08:10And if it doesn't work, needles, I could get fired.
08:13This surely left many viewers thinking, how cool would that be? Well, fast forward to the 21st century,
08:19and video calling has become second nature with platforms like Skype, FaceTime, Zoom, and more.
08:24Mobile devices have back-and-front cameras and can be used while on the go.
08:29We know people will rotate these devices from portrait to landscape, so we adjust accordingly.
08:35On the go...
08:35What Back to the Future predictions stood out to you most? Let us know in the comments.
09:01Let us know in the comments.
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