{"id":137172,"date":"2026-05-13T14:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T14:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-201156"},"modified":"2026-05-13T14:30:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T14:30:00","slug":"real-life-smart-glasses-are-being-added-to-007-first-light-later-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2026\/05\/13\/real-life-smart-glasses-are-being-added-to-007-first-light-later-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Real-Life Smart Glasses Are Being Added To 007 First Light Later This Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/78545d22e266f\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/78545d22e266f\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\" data-uuid=\"1d82636837bd1\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Smart Glasses\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/1d82636837bd1\/smart-glasses.large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/1d82636837bd1\/smart-glasses.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Smart Glasses\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Image: Even Realities<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>James Bond is known for utilising some swanky tech when chasing down his foes, but with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/007-first-light\">007 First Light<\/a>, the character will don a pair of real-life smart glasses from tech firm <a href=\"https:\/\/www.evenrealities.com\/\">Even Realities<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A recent announcement from the company confirms that it has entered into a strategic partnership with IO Interactive to bring its flagship <a href=\"https:\/\/www.evenrealities.com\/smart-glasses\">Even G2<\/a> glasses to the game, marking the first instance a piece of real-life wearable tech has been implemented into a playable Bond experience.<\/p>\n<p>The glasses will appear as an in-game gadget via a post-launch update, though how it will function is currently unknown. Chances are, however, is that it will boast a similar experience to its real-life counterpart, enabling instant on-screen prompts and environmental context.<\/p>\n<p>Will Wang, CEO of Even Realities, had the following to say:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe build technology that doesn\u2019t shout for attention \u2013 but amplifies human potential. Partnering with IO Interactive to bring the Even G2 into a James Bond game makes perfect sense: both worlds value intelligence, discretion, and design that performs when it matters most. In a way, this collaboration is about doubling the intelligence: the glasses\u2019 invisible power working alongside Bond\u2019s legendary instincts, to achieve anything possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>First Light is currently scheduled to launch this Summer for the Switch 2 following a 27th May release on other platforms. IOI&#8217;s CEO <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2026\/05\/i-will-do-everything-i-can-io-interactive-boss-promises-007-first-light-wont-pull-a-borderlands-4\">recently stressed<\/a> that the team has no plans to cancel the Switch 2 version, but it&#8217;s nevertheless keen to take the time to make sure the experience is up to scratch.<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/nintendo-switch-2\/related-articles:200725,200661 @ 1778686856 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<p><em>What do you make of this collaboration? Do you own a pair of smart glasses yourself? Let us know with a comment.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: Even Realities James Bond is known for utilising some swanky tech when chasing down his foes, but with 007 First Light, the character will don a pair of real-life smart glasses from tech firm Even Realities. A recent announcement from the company confirms that it has entered into a strategic partnership with IO Interactive [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-137172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137172"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137172\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}