StockSense: A Wrist-Worn Vibrotactile Display for tracking Volatile Markets

Abstract

This paper presents StockSense, a prototype of a haptic wristband for tracking volatile markets. StockSense informs the user about current price changes via structured vibrotactile feedback. This system can be used for any volatile market: cryptocurrency market, stock market, etc. A preliminary study was carried out with 5 participants to investigate whether vibrotactile displays of smartphones could be integrated into the system for additional information transmission. Afterwards the system was evaluated in a study with 20 participants. The participants became familiar with the system within a short period of time and were able to recognize the displayed information on the vibrotactile display reliably. The participants rated the system as positive. Overall, the participants appreciated the functionality of the system and considered it to be suitable for this field of application.