7.1. Experimental Features

Some Oracle VM VirtualBox features are labeled as experimental. Such features are provided on an "as-is" basis and are not formally supported. However, feedback and suggestions about such features are welcome. A comprehensive list of experimental features is as follows:

  • Hardware 3D acceleration support for Windows, Linux, and Oracle Solaris guests

  • Hardware 2D video playback acceleration support for Windows guests

  • PCI pass-through (Linux hosts only)

  • Mac OS X guests (Mac OS X hosts only)

  • ICH9 chipset emulation

  • EFI firmware

  • Host CD/DVD drive pass-through

  • Support of iSCSI using internal networking

  • Using Oracle VM VirtualBox and Hyper-V on the same host