Cyberstar (and the related CyberVision) was, in effect, the nervous system of a ShowBiz showroom — an early integrated multimedia show-control platform. Its key advance: it replaced the old reel-to-reel show system with S-VHS tape, which also let video be synchronized on screen with the animated characters — one coordinated performance across:
- multichannel audio,
- show-programming information,
- S-VHS video playback and monitors,
- animatronic performance,
- lighting, and
- synchronized showroom entertainment.
Paul worked closely on this with Dave Philipsen. Taken together, Cyberstar represents exactly the kind of systems thinking that runs through Paul’s whole career: not one clever device, but many subsystems made to perform as a single, repeatable experience.