OR Just snap some photos..
Maybe with the next generation of yota-sensors that have high pixel count and still are very sensitive to light, actually counting every single photon,
current small sensors are not good enough for the small size of optics (slow f-stop) that are manageable handheld.
Battery life will always be an issue.
But I guess there are military grade bins that might do things like that today, at least in the dark.
The aim is for us to see, the picture taking is a trivial add on.
The Nikon WX is an illustration that basic optics technology is at a dead end, the added glass needed to achieve extra wide FoV cost dearly in terms of weight, bulk and light transmission.
Electronics will allow us to expand the utility of vision aids much more effectively, but the military are not helping nearly as much as the entertainment industry.
Ideally, there would be a respected award for innovation in this space, perhaps the 'Bird Forum Better Seeing' prize, given annually for the greatest advance in seeing. I'd nominate Stephen Ingraham and Holger Merlitz as members of a jury of perhaps a dozen, along with someone from Canon and from Sony.