Providing device abstractions to applications inside a virtual machine

A method executed on computer device with a host device in communication with a guest device, comprising:

• receiving, from the host device, a notification with information for at least one device in communication with the host device;
• using the information for the at least one device to generate, in the guest device, a proxy device that mirrors the at least one device in the guest device;
• and
• loading, in the guest device, a redirection driver for the proxy device to communicate with the host device in response to determining that the proxy device supports input/output redirection.

A computer-readable medium storing instructions executable by a computer device, comprising:

• at least one instruction for causing the computer device to receive, from a host device, a notification with information for at least one device in communication with the host device;
• at least one instruction for causing the computer device to receive use the information for the at least one device to generate a proxy device that mirrors the at least one device in a guest device;
• and
• at least one instruction for causing the computer device to load a redirection driver for the proxy device to communicate with the host device in response to determining that the proxy device supports input/output redirection.