The Virtual device display is black (Genymotion Desktop)

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Your GPU does not match Genymotion Desktop requirements

See Genymotion Desktop hardware requirements

Windows

You are using a laptop or notebook with a discrete and an integrated GPU (e.g. Intel/Nvidia or Intel/AMD)

On this type of hardware, the Intel integrated GPU does not provide good OpenGLES support on Windows, which often results in crashes at start or poor performance.

To fix this, you need to force Windows to use the high-profile discrete NVIDIA/AMD GPU globally.

To do so, please refer to

How to fix issues on Windows with laptops using hybrid graphics (dual GPU)?

Your PC/laptop has an Intel UHD/HD integrated GPU

Genymotion Desktop has compatibility issues with Intel UHD/HD GPU on Windows, because of limited support of OpenGLES from Intel UHD/HD drivers for Windows.

For more details, see

The virtual device crashes, freezes or fails to boot on Windows

Your display drivers are not up-to-date

Upgrade your display drivers to their latest stable version.

Linux

Nvidia open source drivers

Genymotion requires advanced OpenGL extensions which are not well supported by the open-source drivers "nouveau" for Nvidia GPUs. You need to use Nvidia proprietary drivers instead.

For more information, please refer to

On Linux, the virtual device display is black/white/distorted

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