Metaverse, VR in spotlight as Tokyo Game Show opens

The Tokyo Game Show opens at the Makuhari Messe Convention Centre in Chiba near Tokyo on Thursday, returning to a fully in-person format for the first time since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. About 600 companies and organisations from 37 countries and regions are participating in the event. (Kyodo photo)

CHIBA, Japan: The Tokyo Game Show opened to media and industry figures on Thursday, with the general public permitted to attend in the coming days for the first time since the outbreak of the coronavirus, bringing the latest in metaverse and virtual reality titles and technologies into the spotlight.

The annual extravaganza for video-game lovers, one of the biggest of its kind in the world, is being held at Chiba's Makuhari Messe Convention Centre, near Tokyo, through Sunday. The general public can access the show from Friday afternoon.