The present invention relates to the field of display technology, and discloses virtual reality goggles and a display method thereof. The virtual reality goggles comprise: a shell, a display screen and an optical lens, wherein the display screen and the optical lens are located within the shell, a buffer layer is formed on a side of the shell facing towards viewing eyes, the optical lens is located between the buffer layer and the display screen, for projecting a picture of the whole display screen only to the left eye or the right eye at a time. The virtual reality goggles of the present invention, by controlling the optical lens to project the picture of the whole display screen only to one eye at a time, enables a single eye to see the picture of the whole display screen. And compared to the conventional goggles through which a single eye can only see half of the picture of the display screen, the picture resolution of the goggles of the present invention is doubled.