A virtual-reality-based control method and apparatus are disclosed. In the method, a moving instruction initiated by a first object located in a virtual reality scene is detected and a moving request is transmitted to a server based on the moving instruction. A movable area is received from the server in response to the moving request, wherein the movable area does not overlap with a safe area of a second object, the second object being an object other than the first object in the virtual reality scene. The first object is prompted to move within the movable area.