Epic and Google have signed a special deal for a new class of ‘metaverse’ apps
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Epic Games and Google have reached a deal to collaborate on 'metaverse browsers', a new type of app, as part of their broader agreement. This move highlights Epic's ongoing interest in the metaverse, despite the term's declining popularity in tech circles.
Epic Games and Google are burying the hatchet, but documents released today reveal that they aren't only aligned on how Google is shaking things up for app stores. The two companies have also agreed to terms about a new class of apps that they're calling "metaverse browsers," according to a heavily redacted section of a revised binding term sheet.
While the term "metaverse" has largely fallen out of favor - Mark Zuckerberg, for example, is now much more interested in AI - Epic CEO Tim Sweeney has been talking for years about the metaverse and how it might work in the future. (Depending on how you define the concept, Epic's Fortnite is alrea …