title: Kinect / Primesense (Xtion) ROS Ubuntu through Virtual Machine (VMware)
body: <p>Since it took me quite some time to figure out how to get Xtion (Primesense)  to work on VMware I thought to share it here with you. (with Kinect I have a problem to let ROS see the device even though VMware has successfully connected it).</p>
  <pre><code>roslaunch openni2_launch openni2.launch 
  </code></pre>
  <p>Running the above command gave me the error:</p>
  <pre><code>Warning: USB events thread - failed to set priority. This might cause loss of data...
  </code></pre>
  <p>I either got a single frame or no frame when running &quot;rviz&quot; and Add --&gt; Image --&gt; Image topic --&gt; /camera/rgb/image_raw</p>
  <p>So how do I get <strong>video frames</strong> in Ubuntu from a Primesense device while using a Virtual Machine (VMware)?</p>
  <h2>My specs</h2>
  <ul>
  <li>Windows 7 running VMware 10.0.4 build-2249910</li>
  <li>Ubuntu 12.04.5 Precise in VMware</li>
  <li>ROS Hydro</li>
  </ul>