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TECHNOLOGIES & PRODUCTS

Vantage points of AR technology for the

financial industry

Although all AR headsets currently on the market are • Efficient collaboration: customers and colleagues
well-suited for trading and market data analysis, the can collaborate on projects in a virtual conference
financial community is waiting for new developments room from any location in the world via
that are closer to normal eyewear in terms of design videoconference; point-of-view capabilities enable
and comfort, allowing longer time of gestation. monitoring and joint analysis of financial data,
avoiding misunderstandings and helping in
Depending on the device manufacturer and the decision-making.
situation, gesture and speech recognition can be used,
besides Bluetooth mice or a clicker to operate • Mobile work: a 360-degree view allows the user to
holographic objects. By using software editors to literally work anywhere in the room.
create three-dimensional order books, charts or
volatility surfaces, the software can be transferred to • Higher productivity: the holographic display
any wearable device.
improves market data visualization - a key benefit
for traders who need to make important decisions
However, one of the core functions of AR-based quickly based on data.
trading and market data analysis platforms is the
streaming of financial data from the capital markets.
The result is a powerful tool that can customize any • Access to historical market data: users can track
data feeds to an AR-supported virtual market data past market activity through the tick market replay
structure. As you can imagine, the collected and stored feature, test strategies, and keep track of current
historical data comes from major US, European and market movements.
Asian exchanges, whereas every single course
change (tick data) is streamed live and can be • Better informed at any time: integrated, real-time
precisely displayed and checked via the AR headset. news feeds and multi-vendor financial information
are combined in the same text view; live streaming
In general, trading and data analytics with AR support of news channels is also supported.
offer financial service providers a whole range of
benefits:

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