You May Have Overlooked These Movie Moments That Correctly Predicted The Future

Who says The Simpsons are the only ones on the screen predicting the future? While the animated series is notorious for illustrating future events years before they happen, some overlooked films have actually made a few surprisingly real future predictions themselves.

Back To The Future Part II Thought Of Google Glass Before Google

The Back to the Future franchise has predicted many things for, well, the future. Alas, humanity has yet to see hoverboards or flying cars. But there is one piece of technology in the 1989 sequel Back to the Future Part II that didn’t just tease technological advancements in front of our faces.

Back To The Future Part II Thought Of Google Glass Before Google
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Universal Pictures

In the film, Marty McFly is able to use a pair of glasses to answer a phone call. At the time, that sort of feat probably seemed so outlandish. Then, 2011 and Google happened. That year, Google created the world’s first pair of smart glasses, a piece of technology that allows, among many things, answering phone calls.