Systems and techniques are provided for determining and applying corrected poses in digital content experiences. An example method can include receiving, from one or more sensors associated with an apparatus, inertial measurements and one or more frames of a scene; based on the one or more frames and the inertial measurements, determining, via a first filter, an angular and linear motion of the apparatus and a gravity vector indicating a direction of gravitational force interacting with the apparatus; when a motion of the apparatus is below a threshold, determining, via a second filter, an updated gravity vector indicating a direction of gravitational force interacting with the apparatus; determining, based on the updated gravity vector, parameters for aligning an axis of the scene with a gravity direction in a real-world spatial frame; and aligning, using the parameters, the axis of the scene with the gravity direction in the real-world spatial frame.