A part of the Convergence story is that apps written for Ubuntu Touch should be able to run on different form factors. They should be 'convergent' or as it has become.known in web parlance 'responsive'. To that aim it is not necessary to run Ubuntu Touch in a VM to develop apps for it. More @Wikipedia
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