Documents filed by Arizona State University also show that they may be investigating the use of NFTs to certify documents.
Every day, blockchain technology has more use cases and one of them could be education. According to patents filed on June 7 and 8 by the University of Arizona, the institution could be studying the use of blockchain technology. Implementation of up to seven new use cases.
The applications, filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, include the name of the state university, the trident symbol and the logo of its American football team, the Sun Devils, which could be used in metaverses with which users can interact for recreational, leisure or educational purposes.
One of the patents filed could be related to the development of your own environment in the metaverse, where classes could be given. In this regard, the University of Arizona published in 2021 that More than 40% of its students take classes remotely, so university officials are studying the best tools to allow students to continue learning remotely.
El metaverse It would offer the university the possibility of creating a digital immersion mechanism, since distance classes offer improved functionalities for learning, with much more interactive environments.
On the other hand, patents filed by the University of Arizona also suggest that they could be exploring the use of non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, to authenticate certain documents, such as diplomas or tickets for all types of university events.
Arizona State University has been one of the pioneers in the use of blockchain technology, as in 2020 it implemented a program of Tracking the spread of COVID-19 infection through blockchain. Previously, in 2019, the university developed an academic record data exchange system for its students.
Other universities, such as the University of Sao Paulo in Brazil, plan to investigate the effectiveness of Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality, as well as how their use within a metaverse could affect human behavior.
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