LAS VEGAS, U.S. -- Exhibitors at the CES 2022 electronics show have been eager to jump on the metaverse bandwagon and Asian companies are no exception -- even if they are still figuring out what, exactly, the futuristic concept means.
The term "metaverse" was coined by Neal Stephensen in his science fiction novel "Snow Crash" to describe a virtual world where humans interact with one another in digital form. Since the word has entered the business world -- especially after Facebook changed its corporate name to Meta last year -- debate around interpretations of the metaverse has heated up.
