METAVERSE HISTORY

The metaverse is still emerging, but the concept of a 3D immersive internet where people can socialize, play, shop and work dates back decades.

1938

In his collection of essays “The Theater and its Double,” Antonin Artaud, a French poet and playwright, coins the term “virtual reality.”

1962

The American Filmmaker Morton Heilig created the Sensorama, a machine that simulates the experience of riding a motorcycle through New York City by using a 3D movie, a vibrating chair, a fan, and scents.

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1984

American computer scientist, musician and VR pioneer Jaron Lanier founds VPL Research, Inc., which developed one of the first virtual reality headsets and data gloves.

1989

While at CERN, English computer scientist Tim BernersLee developed the foundation for the World Wide Web.

1992

In his book “Snow Crash,” American science fiction writer Neal Stephenson introduces the term “metaverse” to describe a dystopian future world where wealthy individuals escape into a 3D connected alternative reality.

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2003

Linden Lab launches Second Life, a shared 3D virtual platform that enables users to explore, interact with others, create, and trade virtual goods.

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2006

On Roblox, users can both create and play massively multiplayer games that are developed by the community.

2007

Google enhances Maps by integrating Street View, providing users the ability to navigate through a virtual representation of the real world on a large scale.

2009

Satoshi Nakamoto (a pseudonym) mints the first Bitcoin and launches the first public blockchain, using a proof-of-work algorithm.

2010

Entering Pandora: James Cameron’s “Avatar” hits the big screen

2011

Ernest Cline releases the futuristic novel “Ready Player One.”

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2012

In a blog post titled “bitcoin 2. (aka Colored Bitcoin)-initial specs,” Israeli entrepreneur Yoni Assia introduced Colored Coins.

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2014

Facebook acquired Oculus and scaled up the 3D infrastructure to support it.

2014

Kevin McCoy, an American artist, and Anil Dash, a tech entrepreneur from the United States, developed the first non-fungible token, a unique, cryptographically secured virtual asset.

2015

Vitalik Buterin, a Canadian programmer, and Gavin Wood, an English computer scientist, unveiled Ethereum, which offers capabilities for constructing decentralized applications on a blockchain.

2016

The introduction of Pokémon GO brought augmented reality games overlaid on the real world to the mainstream.

2018

Readt Player One the Moive releases in theaters

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2018

Sky Mavis, a Vietnamese studio, developed the video game Axie Infinity, which utilizes NFTs integrated with the Ethereum blockchain, making it a popular play-to-earn game.

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2019

Fortnite, developed by Epic Games, has become the most widely used shared virtual world, with over 250 million active users.

2021

The parent company of Facebook, rebranded as Meta, has announced an ambitious vision for the metaverse, positioning itself as a leader in this emerging field.

Microsoft introduces Mesh as a new platform that promises to synchronize virtual collaboration.

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