Display device, control method are provided, which includes: light guide plate including light incident side, bottom surface, opposite light exiting surface; light extracting structure, on light exiting or bottom surface, configured to make light propagated in total reflection in light guide plate exit from light exiting surface at predetermined angle; first low refractive index layer, covering light exiting surface, refractive index of which being smaller than that of light guide plate; liquid crystal light adjusting layer, including liquid crystal layer and driving electrodes for driving liquid crystal molecules, on side of first low refractive index layer away from light exiting surface; second low refractive index layer, on side of liquid crystal light adjusting layer away from first low refractive index layer, refractive index of which and refractive index of first low refractive index layer being smaller than initial refractive index of liquid crystal light adjusting layer.