Olive Horrell, 97, has always had questions about the future, but considering her age she thought some of those questions might never fully get answered.
Never say never. Some of Horrell's questions about what the future might look like were answered when she visited Google's headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., on a trip that was organized by Wish of a Lifetime, a nonprofit group aimed at helping seniors fulfill their dreams.
Horrell actually wanted to be an engineer when she was growing up, a dream that was discouraged by her father. She has, however, remained very curious about the world of tech. She was given a chance to have her final wish fulfilled and settled on one thing: she wanted to see the future.
When Horrell was growing up in rural Montana, she didn't have electricity or a radio, and traveled by horse and buggy. She moved to California when she was 8 and has witnessed a massive amount of change in her life.
So what exactly did Horrell see at Google? Well, she got to the campus in a self-driving Google car, which was the first thing to impress her. While she enjoyed her ride, she was more impressed with the Google Doodle department, where she colored her own Google Doodle using a stylus on a touchscreen.
Horrell, who was once an avid traveler, was blown away by Google Translate. She got to experience using the Liftwear spoon, which is designed to help people with tremors feed themselves. After that, she headed to the Google Photos department, where she saw the Google Photos software detect that a baby in one photo was the same person as a 13-year old girl in another photo.
Perhaps the most surprising thing for her, however, was using Google Cardboard. Of course, Cardboard itself doesn't look that impressive. In fact, it looks a lot like a View-Master, which was introduced all the way back in 1962. Once she put the headset and headphones on, however, she was speechless.
"There's no way I can understand that," she said after taking off the headset, according to CNN. "The horse. I was so sure I could touch the horse."
Wish of a Lifetime itself grants around one wish per day, with the founder, Jeremy Bloom, unable to attend every wish being granted. He did, however, attend this one.
Check out a video of the visit below.
Via: CNN
