Epic and Google have signed a special deal for a new category of “metaverse” apps.

Epic Games and Google are Bury the hatchetbut the documents released today reveal that it’s just not consistent with how Google is shaking things up in its app stores. The two companies also agreed to terms regarding a new class of apps they call “metaverse browsers,” according to a heavily redacted section of the Revised binding term paper.

While the term “metaverse” has largely fallen out of favor – for example, Mark Zuckerberg, He is now more interested in artificial intelligence – Epic CEO Tim Sweeney has been talking about this for years Metaverse And how so? It may work in the future. (Depending on how you define the concept, Epic’s fortnite It’s actually arguably one of the biggest releases in the metaverse.) This actually isn’t the first time that Epic and Google have had contact about the metaverse; In court In Januarywhen discussing the $800 million Unreal Engine and Secret Services deal, Sweeney Take the initiative That agreement relates to the metaverse.

Unfortunately, the revisions in the revised binding term sheet cover a lot of basic details about what a metaverse browser actually is. But from what’s visible in the document, metaverse browsers will:

In today’s blog post about Google’s changes, Epic spoke vaguely as well I noticed that “Google will take the necessary steps to support the open Metaverse in the future.”

When I reached out to comment before EdgeEpic spokesperson Natalie Munoz and Google spokesperson Dan Jackson said they had nothing further to share.