Cult ‘80s sci-fi movies got many 21st century tech predictions right.

Think about the multimedia specs seen in the 1989 “Back to the Future Part II” film. At $599, you can now get the real thing.

They are called Even Realities G1 smart glasses. Available at about 300 high-end opticians globally, they promise to make working, playing, traveling — and essentially your whole life — a lot easier and more productive.

Unlike some of their predecessors, and many of the options currently on the market, these come with a functionality- and business-first ethos. No social media-intended camera or music-playing speakers.

Crafted from magnesium and titanium, they boast a minimalist, intellectual cool design, courtesy of a team of eyewear designers led by Philipp Haffmans, cofounder of Mykita and Ic! Berlin.

Even Realities is the brainchild of founder and chief executive officer Will Wang, a Chinese mechanical engineer who trained in Silicon Valley and returned home in 2018 with the ambition to get ahead of the wearable tech game.

“If I were to start in a fresh new industry or category for wearable tech, what would be the greatest category that’s even bigger than watches?… smart glasses, because that’s the most intimate item that you can put on your face, in front of your eye and near all your sensing [and they are] already needed by half of the [world’s] population,” Wang explains.

In a nutshell, he sees eyewear as the wearable most prone to be disrupted by technology — and with good adoption rates. 

Sleek and versatile, equipped with clip-on sunglasses, the frames come with a built-in display projecting retro-looking green text and graphics onto the lenses that the user sees floating in their visual field.

It’s called Holistic Adaptive Optical System technology, an AI-powered hyperreality layer.

It provides real-time translation of your foreign language-speaking interlocutors; teleprompting; transcriptions; map directions, and interaction with an AI assistant. Ask your G1s when WWD was founded and the correct green text answer (1910) instantly appears.

Soon, Wang says, they’ll be able to “order you an Uber in five minutes,” when the proprietary Even AI code is fully developed and implemented (they currently run on ChatGPT and Perplexity).

All these features and the customizable dashboard — featuring various widgets from weather forecast, news feeds and stock tickers to calendar and messages notifications — can be cleared from view with a simple upward tilt of the head.

As much as there’s room for improvement in the user experience — notably the need to resort to the associated smartphone app or to tap the end tips to trigger most of their functions — this retro-futuristic gadget feels like a peek into the near future.