1993: The audio-visual shows in the planetarium altered as the technology advanced. Pre-recorded shows became available, graphical all-sky pictures filled the dome, and digitalisation entered the stage. Such features were due to a computer-controlled system of peripherical devices like tapes, slides, and video projectors. The first moving scenes were possible when computers generated the image which was then projected onto the dome. A single projector installed near the centre is employed with a fish-eye lens to spread the light over the whole dome surface, while in other configurations of two or more projectors are arranged at the verge and interlinked to blend together seamlessly. This system is called "fulldome".

The firm Evans & Sutherland launched this full-dome system naming it "Digistar". It descended from flight simulators for military purposes and received large popularity for space movies. The breakthrough succeeded with its upgrade, Digistar-II, in 1993. The first planetarium converting to the pure digital projection was London in 1995. Digistar-3 was released in 2003. However, the resolution of the computer generated stars has not reached that of the pin-point stars of a proper opto-mechanical projector so far.