Systems and techniques are described herein for using head mounted display (HMD) hinge motion to calibrate the head mounted device. For example, an device (or component of the device) can obtain, via one or more sensors, sensor measurements during rotation of a display of the HMD between a first end of a range of motion of a hinge of the display about an axis and a second end of the range of motion of the hinge about the axis; determine parameters of the HMD based on the sensor measurements and the rotation of the display between the first end of the range of motion of the hinge and the second end of the range of motion of the hinge about the axis; and determine pose information for the HMD based on the determined parameters.