Remember the scene where Marty and his sister are wearing virtual reality (VR) glasses and they're using them to answer the phone while watching TV? We may be a ways off from such ubiquitous domestic integration of VR, but with the impending release of Oculus Rift's consumer-targeted headset the future as predicted in the film could arrive sooner than we might think. '23% of purchases on smart phones are using alternate payments methods,” Martin confirms.īack To The Future II's Missing Scene: 5 Things That Would Surprise Marty About Vaccines In 2015 ADI showed in quarter two of 2015 tablets produced 11% of visits and revenue to U.S. The implied payment through the tablet foreshadows our mobile-first society and far predates technology such as Square, PayPal or Venmo. Skype is now used worldwide, earning 7 million social mentions since June with the U.S., U.K., France, Brazil and Spain talking most about Skype on social media.Īs Marty walks through a town square, a man comes up to him with a tablet-like device and asks if he'll donate to save the clock tower. Gale and Zemeckis may have hit on the genesis of Skype, which was bought for $8.5 billion in 2011. In Back to the Future Part II, Marty talks to his former high-school classmate and work colleague, Needles, via videoconferencing software on a flat-screen smart TV.

We also feel pretty good about them: average sentiment for those devices is 60% joy, admiration, or anticipation. Google onHub have had the most social buzz in the past 60 days. ADI looked at social media mentions and found that the Apple Watch, FitBit and Doc's watch-based premonition suggests screenwriter Bob Gale was anticipating the invention of wearable tech such as theĪpple Watch back when Apple had only just introduced the original Macbook. Doc says, “Wait five more seconds,” after which the rain stops. These are the five most accurate predictions from Doc Brown and Marty's decade-jumping DeLorean adventures:Īfter Marty and Doc first land their DeLorean time-traveling car in 2015, Doc glances at his watch when Marty points out that it's raining.

When Back to the Future Part II premiered 26 years ago, it grossed $332 million worldwide and helped propel the trilogy to nearly a billion dollars in box office receipts.

'This is based off 100 million social engagements related to Back to the Future and technology.' 'We wanted to create a digital scorecard looking at the predictions they made compared to where we are now,' said Joe Martin, analyst with Adobe Digital Index.

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