Smooth object correction for augmented reality devices

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a computer system, causes the computer system to perform operations comprising:

• receiving sensor data from one or more sensors of an augmented reality device;
• determining a first real-world location of the augmented reality device based on the received sensor data;
• determining a first target location for a virtual object based on the first real-world location, wherein the first target location for the virtual object is a location in the real-world relative to the augmented reality device at which the virtual object is targeted to appear to be located when viewed through a display of the augmented reality device;
• displaying the virtual object at an original location to a user of the augmented reality device based on the target location and the received sensor data;
• receiving updated sensor data from the one or more sensors of the augmented reality device;
• determining a second real-world location of the augmented reality device based on the received updated sensor data;
• determining a second target location for a virtual object based on the second real-world location;
• determining whether the first target location is within a threshold of the second target location based on the updated sensor data, wherein the threshold is an angular threshold, a motion threshold, or a pixel threshold;
• and
• responsive to the first target location being outside of the threshold of the second location, displaying the virtual object to the user at a third target location, wherein the third target location is within the threshold of the first location.