Abstract
This study aims identify the characteristics of eye fixation of test subjects in order to lay a solid foundation for the urban cityscape analysis from a high elevation. More specifically, from the tendency of eye fixation, the distribution of point of gaze and a target of gaze were analyzed. To achieve this goal, six image samples obtained from Tokyo Sky-tree (Height 350m) and an Eye-Mark Recorder (EMR) were used in order to understand the viewing experience of the urban cityscape from above. The main conclusions of this study are as follows: 1) Subjects tended to view the urban cityscape from a high elevation in a horizontal manner and gaze into the distance rather than nearby. 2) From the aspect of visual focal points, subjects tended to focus on high-rise buildings or a group of high-rise buildings. More specifically the number of focal points increased as the distance of gaze increased and there was also a tendency to focus on symbolic buildings.
