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 Second Life, the invention of Bitcoin and Ethereum, and Facebook rebranding to Meta. We also note that development of the metaverse has accelerate in the last 10 years.