Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Young-Pil Lee

Hyun-Jun Kim

Byung-Hoon Nam

Jung-Jae Yoo

An electronic device for controlling a pointer in virtual reality (VR) is provided. The electronic device includes a display, a communication circuit, a processor electrically connected with the display and the communication circuit, and a memory electrically connected with the processor, wherein the memory may store instructions executed to enable the processor to receive a control signal from an external controller through the communication circuit, identify a direction based on at least the received control signal, determine a first position in a designated first distance range, which is away from a first reference position related to the external controller along the identified direction, in a virtual space displayed through the display, and control the display to display a pointer on a screen of the virtual space based on the first position.

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Yongin-si, South Korea

Young-Pil Lee