A visual simulation system design is described which provides an observer seated in a cockpit with an apparent high resolution display over a wide field of view limited only by cockpit structure. The system utilizes a Helmet Mounted Opto-mechanical Laser Projector to produce a composite display on a high gain screen surrounding the cockpit. The display consists of two full color laser rasters comprising an inset and a surround. One raster is dedicated to a relatively narrow, high resolution area of interest which tracks the observer's look direction. The other raster provides a wide, low resolution instantaneous field of view in the surrounding area corresponding to the observer's peripheral field. The other major system components are a head attitude sensor, an eye attitude sensor and a two channel computer image generation system whose performance is tailored to the display requirements.