RESEARCH IN PROGRESS

A personality model which provides the goals, some wishful and others realistic, that guide the scenario generation. An affect component, in which emotional states both initiate, and are influenced by, daydreams. A prototype version of DAYDREAMER which produces several daydreams based on several experiences is currently running. In the future we will hook DAYDREAMER up to a story understander to enable it to gain new experiences by reading stories. Finally, we will explore the relationship of daydreaming to more deliberate thought processes such as conversation, storytelling, and invention.