An eyewear device comprising: - an image display (180A-B) to present an image that includes a graphical user interface to a wearer (305, 310) of the eyewear device; - an image display driver (942, 1090) coupled to the image display (180A-B) to control the presented image and adjust a brightness level setting of the presented image; - a frame; - a temple (125A-B) extending from a lateral side (170A-B) of the frame; - a user input device (991, 1091) including an input surface on the frame, the temple (125A-B), the lateral side (170A-B), or a combination thereof, the user input device (991, 1091) to receive from the wearer (305, 310) a user input selection on the input surface to manipulate the graphical user interface of the presented image; - a proximity sensor (116B-C) to track a finger distance of a finger of the wearer to the input surface; - a memory (934, 1040A); - a processor (932, 1030) coupled to the image display driver (942, 1090), the user input device (991, 1091), the proximity sensor (116B-C), and the memory (934, 1040A); and - proximity fade-in programming in the memory (934, 1040A), wherein execution of the proximity fade-in programming by the processor (932, 1030) configures the eyewear device to perform functions, including functions to: ∘ control, via the image display driver (942, 1090), the image display (180A-B) to present the image to the wearer (305, 310); ∘ track, via the proximity sensor (116B-C), the finger distance of the finger of the wearer to the input surface; and ∘ adjust, via the image display driver (942, 1090), the brightness level (360A-F) setting of the presented image on the image display (180A-B) based on the tracked finger distance being within respective distance ranges from the input surface to fade-in the image including the graphical user interface as the tracked finger approaches the input surface and to fade-out the image as the tracked finger moves away from the input surface. - an image display (180A-B) to present an image that includes a graphical user interface to a wearer (305, 310) of the eyewear device; - an image display driver (942, 1090) coupled to the image display (180A-B) to control the presented image and adjust a brightness level setting of the presented image; - a frame; - a temple (125A-B) extending from a lateral side (170A-B) of the frame; - a user input device (991, 1091) including an input surface on the frame, the temple (125A-B), the lateral side (170A-B), or a combination thereof, the user input device (991, 1091) to receive from the wearer (305, 310) a user input selection on the input surface to manipulate the graphical user interface of the presented image; - a proximity sensor (116B-C) to track a finger distance of a finger of the wearer to the input surface; - a memory (934, 1040A); - a processor (932, 1030) coupled to the image display driver (942, 1090), the user input device (991, 1091), the proximity sensor (116B-C), and the memory (934, 1040A); and - proximity fade-in programming in the memory (934, 1040A), wherein execution of the proximity fade-in programming by the processor (932, 1030) configures the eyewear device to perform functions, including functions to: ∘ control, via the image display driver (942, 1090), the image display (180A-B) to present the image to the wearer (305, 310); ∘ track, via the proximity sensor (116B-C), the finger distance of the finger of the wearer to the input surface; and ∘ adjust, via the image display driver (942, 1090), the brightness level (360A-F) setting of the presented image on the image display (180A-B) based on the tracked finger distance being within respective distance ranges from the input surface to fade-in the image including the graphical user interface as the tracked finger approaches the input surface and to fade-out the image as the tracked finger moves away from the input surface. ∘ control, via the image display driver (942, 1090), the image display (180A-B) to present the image to the wearer (305, 310); ∘ track, via the proximity sensor (116B-C), the finger distance of the finger of the wearer to the input surface; and ∘ adjust, via the image display driver (942, 1090), the brightness level (360A-F) setting of the presented image on the image display (180A-B) based on the tracked finger distance being within respective distance ranges from the input surface to fade-in the image including the graphical user interface as the tracked finger approaches the input surface and to fade-out the image as the tracked finger moves away from the input surface.