ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE CONTROL METHOD

An electronic device includes a sensor, a display, and at least one processor configured to control the display to display a virtual reality content corresponding to a virtual reality environment, identify a gaze direction of a user based on data acquired through the sensor, identify a point on the virtual reality environment based on the gaze direction, identify a distance between the user and the identified point in the virtual reality environment, control the display to display a first object at a position corresponding to the identified point in the virtual reality content, identify, based on a user command received while the first object is displayed, whether a virtual object is present within a second object positioned at the identified point in the virtual reality environment, and control the virtual object according to the user command if the virtual object being identified as present.