PRELOADING OF VIRTUAL DEVICES IN ANTICIPATION OF A CONNECTION REQUEST FROM A PHYSICAL DEVICE

Latency experienced by a user of a client device may be reduced by preloading virtual devices in anticipation of a connection request from the client device. For example, a plurality of virtual devices may be partially loaded prior to a connection request from a client device. In response to the connection request from the client device, a user associated with the client device may be identified and user profile information associated with the user may be retrieved. Based on the retrieved user profile information associated with the user, a virtual device, from among the plurality of preloaded virtual devices, may be loaded, such that the loading of the virtual device is complete and is specific to the user of the client device.