Artificial intelligence and virtual reality took center stage as Japan's major annual electronics show opened to the media on Monday, with NEC Corp., Sony Group Corp. and other major tech companies demonstrating their latest technologies.A total of 684 companies and organizations, up from 562 last year, are participating in this year's Combined Exhibition of Advanced Technologies, scheduled to open to the public from Tuesday through Friday in the Makuhari Messe convention center in Chiba, near Tokyo.It is the first CEATEC to be held after coronavirus restrictions were fully removed. The eve…READ FULL ARTICLE