Night vision goggles were first developed in 1939 by the USSR. A truly usable pair wouldn't hit the battlefield until U.S.

Former Spider-Man creator Erik Larsen is penning a Spider-Man Noir comic, debuting before Nicolas Cage's live-action Amazon series.

Embedded nanoparticles allow the wearer to see near infrared light, so they can see in the dark. I haven’t seen any explanation about how you turn the effect on and off, though.