Cahokia AR Tour

Doesn’t work. Every time I would start a segment it would say I was out of range even when crouched right next to the sign. Waste of money.

I was excited to use this app during my visit to Cahokia Mounds, but it ended up being more frustrating than helpful. For starters, the app is almost useless once you’re on the trails — there’s very little signage in the park, and the app doesn’t do enough to fill in the gaps. It lacks a clear, detailed map, which is a huge oversight given how many trails crisscross throughout the area. Staying on the right path is nearly impossible. To make matters worse, the cell service is extremely poor, which made downloading and using the app painfully slow. There was no warning about this at the visitor center or entrance, and no promotion of the app in visible areas like the driveway or main signage. How are visitors supposed to even know it exists before they head out? This could be a valuable tool, but right now it feels like a missed opportunity. I expected better for such a significant historic site.

Creative and flexible option to engage in learning!

Evidently other people have got it working but the instructions are extremely obscure and I was not able to get the AR function to work at all. It keeps telling you to follow an arrow and the arrow just keeps vanishing and no matter which way you point it nothing happens. I've waited two decades to come here and I'm very disappointed that there's absolutely no good information to be had.

I was very dissatisfied by the app. The view is better without it, and even on its own, the app should not cost money. This is a scam. DONT BUY

This app was poorly designed. There are a few simple directions that would have made it more user friendly. I didn’t it figure out what they really wanted you to do until the final marker. Also, it’s ridiculous to offer only headphone listening. What if you are with someone. I paid for the app and it was a lot waste.

Clunky app, froze within minutes.

Just go to YouTube this didn’t give me any real info

Forced into paying for and using this because interpretive center is closed indefinitely for renovations. So no paper tour guides available. I used an iPhone. Huge mistake. You need the bigger tablet screen. Don’t forget your earbuds. Not sure what you get without them but the threats are clear. Before you start, be sure to visit settings and turn brightness all the way up. There is a brightness icon on-screen during the tour. As far as I can tell, all it does is make a ding sound. No change in brightness. The actual AR effects are good for such old technology. Hopefully, the tiny text for the “information points” will be more legible on a tablet. I guess there is no help for the awkward ground scanning at each stop. Between the AR and the teensy text, the app is informative. I did learn a lot. There are two included tours. There is a fair amount of repetition between the two. I learned to back out.

Doesn’t work