While watching a Back to the Future marathon on T.V. a month or so ago it occurred to me how close we are to the future as depicted in the second movie of the series. I remember when the part where the future Marty McFly is fired via a VERY large video screen used to converse with his business associates, sponsored by AT&T, seemed just plain crazy. And, yet, my children regularly interact with their grandparents through our own computer monitor. We may not have ourselves hooked-up to a giant television screen (primarily because we don't feel the need to own one), but the basic concept, one that seemed ridiculous 20 years ago, is the same. My daughter routinely sings with her grandparents, blows them kisses and gives them "hugs" via video. How crazy is that?!
Now, of course, we don't have food-hydraters (nor would I really be interested in owning one should they even exist), nor is the dual-tie look considered fashionably forward. And I've never been in a home with mini-fax machines in the closet, but who wants something so wasteful in today's paperless world anyway?
So, basically what I'm saying is that if the only futuristic aspect to Back to the Future Part II were the ginormous video call, we would SO be the future to which they are referring.
P.S. As previously implied, I am not extremely tech-savy, so if there are any issues with the above video, you'll just have to deal. You should just be impressed that there's an actual video on here in the first place, rather than a simple link.
Haha! That's awesome :)
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