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INTERACTING WITH THE BIBLE USING VIRTUAL REALITY AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Dr. Isac Artzi - Dept. of Computer Science - Grand Canyon University

AGENDA 1. Current Bible study modality 2. Proposal: AI + VR 3. How we build it? 4. How does it work? 5. Potential research directions 6. Q&A ASA2018 - INTERACTING WITH THE BIBLE - DR. ISAC ARTZI - GRAND CANYON UNIVERSITY 2

I LIKE AUDIO BOOKS MORE THAN MOVIES BECAUSE THE PICTURES ARE BETTER … ASA2018 - INTERACTING WITH THE BIBLE - DR. ISAC ARTZI - GRAND CANYON UNIVERSITY 3

CURRENT BIBLE STUDY MODALITY Read and take notes … … and immerse yourself in a library … ASA2018 - INTERACTING WITH THE BIBLE - DR. ISAC ARTZI - GRAND CANYON UNIVERSITY 4

ALTERNATIVE MODALITY PROPOSED Analyze text Advance Organizer Identify characters, items, places, and situations Search the database Create the place in VR Add characters Create the situation in VR Launch interaction ASA2018 - INTERACTING WITH THE BIBLE - DR. ISAC ARTZI - GRAND CANYON UNIVERSITY 5

HOW DO WE DO IT? ASA2018 - INTERACTING WITH THE BIBLE - DR. ISAC ARTZI - GRAND CANYON UNIVERSITY 6

STEP 1: ANALYZE THE TEXT KJV – Exodus 31:18 – 10 Commandments KJV – Exodus 31:18 And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God Characters Items Places Situations Moses Tables of stone Mount Sinai communing with him upon mount Sinai God ASA2018 - INTERACTING WITH THE BIBLE - DR. ISAC ARTZI - GRAND CANYON UNIVERSITY 7

STEP 1: ANALYZE THE TEXT KJV – Mathew 5 – Sermon on the Mount KJV – Mathew 5 – Sermon on the Mount And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him: he was set, his disciples came unto him: And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying, And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying, Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Characters Items Places Situations He (Jesus) multitudes Kingdom of Heaven Went up … mountain mountain disciples ASA2018 - INTERACTING WITH THE BIBLE - DR. ISAC ARTZI - GRAND CANYON UNIVERSITY 8

TEXT ANALYTICS TOOLS Text Analytics 1. Python programming language 2. NLTK (Natural Language Toolkit) ASA2018 - INTERACTING WITH THE BIBLE - DR. ISAC ARTZI - GRAND CANYON UNIVERSITY 9

STEP 2: IDENTIFY CHARACTERS What did Moses look like? ASA2018 - INTERACTING WITH THE BIBLE - DR. ISAC ARTZI - GRAND CANYON UNIVERSITY 10

STEP 2: IDENTIFY CHARACTERS What did Jesus look like? ASA2018 - INTERACTING WITH THE BIBLE - DR. ISAC ARTZI - GRAND CANYON UNIVERSITY 11

STEP 3: SEARCH THE DATABASE ASA2018 - INTERACTING WITH THE BIBLE - DR. ISAC ARTZI - GRAND CANYON UNIVERSITY 12

STEP 4: CREATE THE PLACE IN VR Unity 3D 1. Characters library 2. Biblical sites stock images 3. C# Programming language ASA2018 - INTERACTING WITH THE BIBLE - DR. ISAC ARTZI - GRAND CANYON UNIVERSITY 13

STEP 5: ADD CHARACTERS Unity 3D 1. Characters library 2. Biblical stock images 3. C# Programming ASA2018 - INTERACTING WITH THE BIBLE - DR. ISAC ARTZI - GRAND CANYON UNIVERSITY 14

STEP 7: LAUNCH INTERACTION Microsoft Hololens ASA2018 - INTERACTING WITH THE BIBLE - DR. ISAC ARTZI - GRAND CANYON UNIVERSITY 15

STEP 7: LAUNCH INTERACTION Hebrew/English ןתיוהשמ־לא רהב ותא רבדל ותלככ םיבתכ ןבא תחל תדעה תחל ינש יניס עבצאבםיהלא׃ ASA2018 - INTERACTING WITH THE BIBLE - DR. ISAC ARTZI - GRAND CANYON UNIVERSITY 16

THE MIXED REALITY EXPERIENCE Hebrew/English ןתיוהשמ־לא ינש יניס רהב ותא רבדל ותלככ עבצאב םיבתכ ןבא תחל תדעה תחלםיהלא׃ ASA2018 - INTERACTING WITH THE BIBLE - DR. ISAC ARTZI - GRAND CANYON UNIVERSITY 17

FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS ASA2018 - INTERACTING WITH THE BIBLE - DR. ISAC ARTZI - GRAND CANYON UNIVERSITY 18

LANGUAGES DURING JESUS ’ TIME?  Aramaic had been widely spoken since the Babylonian exile.  Since the invasion of Alexander the Great, Greek had been widely spoken.  The Hebrew Bible (the Scriptures of Jesus’s day) was written and studied in Hebrew . ASA2018 - INTERACTING WITH THE BIBLE - DR. ISAC ARTZI - GRAND CANYON UNIVERSITY 19

. LANGUAGE + SOUND ➔ REALISM Hebrew ןתֺיוהשמ־לא תֺחל ינש יניס רהב ותֺא רבדל ותֺלככ עבצאב םיבתֺכ ןבא תֺחל תֺדעהםיהלא׃ Hebrew with vowels ןֵּ֤ תִֽיַוהֶֶׁ֘שֹמ־לֶא תֵֺֹּ֤חֻל יֵ֗ נְֽש יַַ֕ניִֽס רֵַּ֤הְֽב ֙ותִֽא רֵּ֥ בַדְֽל ֙ותֺלַֹֽכְֽכ עַַּ֦בְֽצֶאְֽב םיִֵֽ֗בֻתְֺֽכ ןֶבֶַ֕א תֵֺֹּ֤חֻל תֺֻֻ֒ד עָהםיִ־ִֽהלֱֺא׃ Latin Deditque Dominus Moysi, completis hujuscemodi sermonibus in monte Sinai, duas tabulas testimonii lapideas, scriptas digito Dei. KJV And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of Exodus 31:18 testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God ASA2018 - INTERACTING WITH THE BIBLE - DR. ISAC ARTZI - GRAND CANYON UNIVERSITY 20

DISCUSSION ASA2018 - INTERACTING WITH THE BIBLE - DR. ISAC ARTZI - GRAND CANYON UNIVERSITY 21