Hacker Noon July 15, 2022
Jack Liu

In this infographic, we look at key events that led to the development of the metaverse as we know it today.

In our opinion, the metaverse started with the adoption of the TCP/IP protocol for ARPANET, which was the predecessor to the Internet. The other notable events are the launch of SecondLife, the invention of Bitcoin and Ethereum, and Facebook rebranding to Meta.

We also note that the development of the metaverse has accelerated in the last 10 years.

1983- Birth of Internet

TCP/IP, the Internet protocol that enables computers to communicate over long distances is adopted as the protocol standard for ARPANET (the predecessor to the Internet).

1992- Snow Crash

The term Metaverse is first coined to describe a...

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