An apparatus and method of calibrating a vehicle optical sensor includes positioning a vehicle in a test station and proximate a projection surface, the vehicle having an optical sensor, the projection surface in view of the optical sensor, determining a position of the optical sensor with respect to the projection surface using a control unit that is external to the vehicle, and selecting an image to be displayed. The method further includes displaying the image from the projection surface, adapting the image displayed from the projection surface to dimensions of the projection surface, using the control unit, based on a size of the projection surface and the position of the optical sensor, spatially adjusting the projection surface with respect to the position of the optical sensor, and calibrating the optical sensor by adjusting a position of an optical axis of the optical sensor based on the image.