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Stephen Downes

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I just want to point to this and add the largest eye-roll I can in printed form. "Multiverse has been granted new Degree Awarding Powers, giving us the ability to issue Multiverse Degrees." I'm not sure who would have granted them such "powers" - the front page says "the Office for Students" but the article doesn't mention them - but I can say that the business community and investors are certainly on board. No doubt virtual and extended reality have a role to play in education. I've flown in a full-size virtual helocopter and performed VR neurosurgery and am convinced. But it's one thing to name yourself 'Multiverse' and quite another to deliver on what that word suggests. Some companies labeling themselves 'Multiverse' are getting far ahead of themselves, this being one.

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