With virtual reality media as the carrier,virtual reality animation has the characteristics of immersion,interactivity,imaginativeness and multi-perception.The themes are rich,including realistic themes,historical themes and micro-world.The in-depth research on virtual reality animation supported by virtual reality technology shows that the narrative mode of virtual reality animation has the character-istics of selectivity,diversity,authenticity,and reproducibility,emphasizing the substitution of space for time and slowing down the narrative pace.In terms of narrative design,virtual reality animation is de-veloped based on the viewer,vision,sound and other dimensions.In terms of audio-visual language,vir-tual reality animation carries on innovation through lens language,sound language,light and shadow lan-guage.