Accessing financial data through virtual reality

Abstract

The current state of information and communication technologies, pointing out the massive use of computer graphics, is instigating new possibilities for data visualization and analysis. Large amounts of data can be represented in an effective way of understanding by the adoption of an appropriate visualization technique. In the present work, we are investigating the use of novel interaction technologies for the visualization of financial data, concretely stock market information. We are using a 3D immersive environment, in which the user is able to interact in a non-obtrusive form, being able to perceive information in several dimensions, as well as to perform interactions in a multi-modal way.