Community-engaged AR
Thámien Ohlone AR Tour
How can augmented reality make Ohlone pasts, presents, and futures visible on the SCU campus?
Current work
A community-engaged augmented reality tour that brings Ohlone stories and site-specific media to the Santa Clara University campus.
The OhloneAR app connects community stories with places on campus, through collaboration among Ohlone partners, students, and faculty.
Project overview reviewed Fall 2026.
The project
A location-based augmented reality tour developed with Muwekma Ohlone partners brings Indigenous narratives into places on the Santa Clara University campus. Students and faculty across disciplines contributed to the tour, which launched publicly in May 2024.
Experience the tour
Visit the Santa Clara University campus and follow the app’s navigation to the tour stops. The iPhone app requires iOS 14.0 or later.
Download OhloneAR for iPhoneCommunity partners and contributors
In collaboration with Muwekma Ohlone Tribe culture bearers and language keepers, Native community contributors, and SCU faculty and students.
Muwekma Ohlone Tribe culture bearers and language keepers: Gloria E. Gomez, Monica V. Arellano, Isabella Amne Gomez, Georgiana “Gigi” Kormey Gomez, Lucas Arellano, and others.
Native community contributors: Mandy Macias, member of the Dunlap Band of Mono Indians and descendant of Mountain Maidu and Ohlone tribes; Mariah Aragon, member of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe and descendant of the Crow Tribe.
Faculty advisors: Kai Lukoff, Amy Lueck, Lee Panich, and Danielle Heitmuller.
Student contributors: The full project page acknowledges the student contributors to the tour. Full acknowledgments ↗