The seven filings also prompt ASU can be exploring the utilization of NFTs to attest several documents, from diplomas to tickets for university events. 

 

One of the largest public universities within the united states by enrollment could also be attending to launch virtual categories within the Metaverse within the future.  

According to records submitted to the us Patent and Trademark office, or USPTO, on June 7 and June 8, the Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University filed seven applications for variations of its name — ASU, Arizona State, Arizona State University — additionally as that of its eleven, the Sun Devils, to be employed in a virtual surroundings. The trademark filings enclosed the university’s name additionally because the Sun Devils’ pitchfork image and brand to be used in “virtual environments during which users will move for recreational, leisure or diversion functions” additionally as for instructional purposes. 

For its fall of 2021 semester, ASU reportable seventy seven,881 students were registered at physical campuses within the U.S., while 57,848 folks attended through “digital immersion.” It’s unclear whether or not the university’s potential come in the Metaverse might are prompted by having more than 42% of its registered students in on-line categories. ASU senior director of strategic learner and program mobilization Casey Evans said digital immersion work was the school's “best tool to change students to continue learning throughout this point of physical separation,” likely bearing on the ongoing pandemic. 

( Turner Wright, Cointelegraph, 2022 )