METAVERSE is one topic that caught my interest in the upcoming Asia's flagship tech event, Asia Tech x Singapore (ATxSG), to be held in Singapore from May 31 to June 3, 2022. The metaverse, along with Web 4., has been the trending buzzword. No doubt fueled by the pandemic and Facebook, putting its weight behind the metaverse.
Nina Xiang, co-founder and CEO of China Money Network, a platform following China's smart investments and technology innovation, believes that we will see the metaverse riding on the tailcoats of the internet, mirroring the characteristics of the internet's power map of today. She also released her book, Parallel Metaverses: How the US, China and the Rest of the World Are Shaping Different Virtual Worlds — examining how the two countries as well as the rest of the world will build their respective metaverses that will be largely independent and distinctive of each other.
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