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An immersive virtual reality (VR) installation has begun at the Drik Studio in Dhaka's Panthapath, reimagining the future of libraries as interactive spaces that engage visitors through multisensory forms of storytelling.

Goethe-Institut Bangladesh, in partnership with The Tech Academy, is hosting "The Infinite Library."

The VR installation takes visitors through a cave with access to small chambers that double as portals, or micro worlds, that allow one to travel in time.

It seeks to embed human stories within a much grander narrative, one which includes the birth of the planet and the evolution of all life forms.

The "Library" part of the installation is conceived as a living organism, a kind of embodiment of knowledge that introduces itself to visitors personally before inviting them to explore its house. This includes a QR code game, holograms, 3D-printed objects, audio-visual works, and the project's central piece: a vast VR library set in a cave.

The project is an immersive storytelling experience that visualises different cultural backgrounds across the past, present, and future, expanding the concept of the library into a cross-cultural concept of knowledge transfer through VR rooms.

Within this virtual space, The Infinite Library hosts smaller sub-libraries, all of which are connected by nature. Each VR room introduces one knowledge system dedicated to South Indian Puppetry, European Alchemy, and Polynesian Navigation from around the world.

Tech Academy CEO Shams Jaber said VR is one of the technologies with the highest projected potential for growth and this event aims at showing our youth what libraries in the future may look like with the advent of VR.

Mika Johnson, creative director of The Infinite Library, said, "The Infinite Library is an example of how we can use new technologies, such as virtual reality, to share stories in ways that transport us to different places or times, through simulations that allow us to touch and interact with various knowledge systems."

The installation will remain open for visitors until September, every day from 3pm to 8pm.