An eyewear system comprising: a user interface; a battery unit providing power to the eyewear system; a composite lens having first and second layers, wherein the first layer of the composite lens changes opacity in response to a signal to the first layer, and wherein the second layer of the composite lens is a transparent display; a first camera mounted in proximity to the composite lens; a processing device coupled to the composite lens and the first camera; and a memory coupled to the processing device, the memory storing instructions which, when executed by the processing device, cause the processing device to receive input via the user interface and, in response to the received input: send a signal to the first layer of the composite lens to change the opacity of the first layer to cause the composite lens to be at least partially opaque, activate the first camera to capture a video feed, enhance the video feed to increase contrast in at least a portion of each of a plurality of frames of the video feed, and display, on an interior portion of the eyewear system, the enhanced video feed in real time using the second layer of the composite lens, wherein, in response to detecting that at least a portion of the video feed has a contrast value above a threshold, execution of the instructions further causes the processing device to: cause the first layer of the composite lens to change the opacity of the first layer from at least partially opaque to transparent, and terminate the display to the second layer of the composite lens. a user interface; a battery unit providing power to the eyewear system; a composite lens having first and second layers, wherein the first layer of the composite lens changes opacity in response to a signal to the first layer, and wherein the second layer of the composite lens is a transparent display; a first camera mounted in proximity to the composite lens; a processing device coupled to the composite lens and the first camera; and a memory coupled to the processing device, the memory storing instructions which, when executed by the processing device, cause the processing device to receive input via the user interface and, in response to the received input: send a signal to the first layer of the composite lens to change the opacity of the first layer to cause the composite lens to be at least partially opaque, activate the first camera to capture a video feed, enhance the video feed to increase contrast in at least a portion of each of a plurality of frames of the video feed, and display, on an interior portion of the eyewear system, the enhanced video feed in real time using the second layer of the composite lens, wherein, in response to detecting that at least a portion of the video feed has a contrast value above a threshold, execution of the instructions further causes the processing device to: cause the first layer of the composite lens to change the opacity of the first layer from at least partially opaque to transparent, and terminate the display to the second layer of the composite lens. send a signal to the first layer of the composite lens to change the opacity of the first layer to cause the composite lens to be at least partially opaque, activate the first camera to capture a video feed, enhance the video feed to increase contrast in at least a portion of each of a plurality of frames of the video feed, and display, on an interior portion of the eyewear system, the enhanced video feed in real time using the second layer of the composite lens, wherein, in response to detecting that at least a portion of the video feed has a contrast value above a threshold, execution of the instructions further causes the processing device to: cause the first layer of the composite lens to change the opacity of the first layer from at least partially opaque to transparent, and terminate the display to the second layer of the composite lens. cause the first layer of the composite lens to change the opacity of the first layer from at least partially opaque to transparent, and terminate the display to the second layer of the composite lens.