A system for providing photothermal treatment to a retina of an eye having glaucoma or a risk of glaucoma, comprising: a laser console producing a micropulsed laser light beam; an optical lens or mask that the laser light beam passes through to optically shape the laser light beam; a coaxial wide-field non-contact digital optical viewing camera projecting the laser light beam to an area of a retina and/or fovea of an eye; and an optical scanning mechanism for controllably directing and moving the light beam onto desired areas of the retina and/or fovea; and a plurality of optical fibers, wherein the micropulsed laser light beam has characteristics of photothermally treating retinal and/or foveal tissue including temporarily raising retinal pigment epithelium of the eye between 7 degrees Celsius and 14 degrees Celsius without destroying or permanently damaging the retinal or foveal tissue, the micropulsed laser light beam characteristics including a wavelength of between 532 nm and 1 300nm and a duty cycle of less than 10% and sufficient power to produce retinal laser exposures of between 18 times to 55 times maximum permissible exposure and a retinal spots size of less than 3 mm in diameter and and retinal irradiance of between 100-590 W/cm 2, wherein the laser light beam is directed into the plurality of optical fibers and the light beams from the optical fibers create a plurality of individual laser beam spots which are singly and simultaneously applied to the retinal and/or foveal tissue, and wherein the laser light beam is controllably moved by the optical scanning mechanism to different treatment areas between micropulses of the laser light beam, and returned to a previously exposed treatment area within less than one second, preferably 1 to 3 milliseconds, of a prior exposure during the same treatment session to reapply the treatment laser light beams to that area. a laser console producing a micropulsed laser light beam; an optical lens or mask that the laser light beam passes through to optically shape the laser light beam; a coaxial wide-field non-contact digital optical viewing camera projecting the laser light beam to an area of a retina and/or fovea of an eye; and an optical scanning mechanism for controllably directing and moving the light beam onto desired areas of the retina and/or fovea; and a plurality of optical fibers, wherein the micropulsed laser light beam has characteristics of photothermally treating retinal and/or foveal tissue including temporarily raising retinal pigment epithelium of the eye between 7 degrees Celsius and 14 degrees Celsius without destroying or permanently damaging the retinal or foveal tissue, the micropulsed laser light beam characteristics including a wavelength of between 532 nm and 1 300nm and a duty cycle of less than 10% and sufficient power to produce retinal laser exposures of between 18 times to 55 times maximum permissible exposure and a retinal spots size of less than 3 mm in diameter and and retinal irradiance of between 100-590 W/cm 2, wherein the laser light beam is directed into the plurality of optical fibers and the light beams from the optical fibers create a plurality of individual laser beam spots which are singly and simultaneously applied to the retinal and/or foveal tissue, and wherein the laser light beam is controllably moved by the optical scanning mechanism to different treatment areas between micropulses of the laser light beam, and returned to a previously exposed treatment area within less than one second, preferably 1 to 3 milliseconds, of a prior exposure during the same treatment session to reapply the treatment laser light beams to that area.