--- description: Three futurists shared their predictions of what will the world be like in another 30 years. title: Beyond 'Back to the Future': Predictions for 2045 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte61121003656783e/698869185f570f5db7b1dedf/gettyimages-168599645.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Beyond _Back to the Future_: Experts Serve Up Tech Predictions for 2045 by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 22, 2015 6:53 AM CUT  Christopher Lloyd wearing concoction on his head in a scene from the film 'Back To The Future', 1985 Christopher Lloyd wearing concoction on his head in a scene from the film 'Back To The Future', 1985Universal Pictures—Getty Images by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 22, 2015 6:53 AM CUT In ‘Back to the Future Part II,’ Marty McFly and Doc Brown travel from 1985 to [October 21, 2015](http://time.com/4078798/back-to-the-future-day/ "undefined"), to find a world filled with flying cars, [hoverboards](http://time.com/4080921/back-to-the-future-day-australia-police-hoverboard/ "undefined") and self-drying jackets. Those [predictions](http://time.com/4082355/back-to-the-future-day-president-obama-michael-j-fox/ "undefined") didn’t exactly pan out, although people are working on each of those concepts. (Screenwriter Bob Gale did get a lot of things — from drones to fingerprint scanners — right, as [he told TODAY ](http://www.today.com/money/back-future-part-ii-writer-talks-about-2015-predictions-1D80410566 "undefined")earlier this year.) The future is now, and it’s pretty cool. But what will the world be like in another 30 years? Three futurists shared their predictions… [_Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News._](http://www.nbcnews.com/tech/innovation/beyond-back-future-experts-serve-tech-predictions-2045-n447311?cid=par-time-tech%5F20151022 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4082871/back-to-the-future-day-2045-predictions/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4082871/back-to-the-future-day-2045-predictions/"},"headline":"Beyond Back to the Future: Experts Serve Up Tech Predictions for 2045","datePublished":"2015-10-22T06:53:01.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T11:59:22.943Z","description":"What will the world be like in another 30 years?","url":"https://time.com/4082871/back-to-the-future-day-2045-predictions/","keywords":["movies","Back to the Future","predictions"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte61121003656783e/698869185f570f5db7b1dedf/gettyimages-168599645.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte61121003656783e/698869185f570f5db7b1dedf/gettyimages-168599645.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Christopher Lloyd In 'Back To The Future'","caption":"Christopher Lloyd In 'Back To The Future'","creditText":"Universal Pictures—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4082871/back-to-the-future-day-2045-predictions/","name":"Beyond Back to the Future: Experts Serve Up Tech Predictions for 2045"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Here's How Brands Capitalized On 'Back To The Future' Day","description":"Brands are seizing the \"Back to the Future\" hype, and the marketing has been hit or miss.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/tu5UyefF/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-10-21T16:05:39.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/tu5UyefF.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4082871/back-to-the-future-day-2045-predictions/","duration":"PT1M46S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4082871/back-to-the-future-day-2045-predictions/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```