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With VMWare Workstation Easy Install you can install an OS without any input. How does it do this? Is the support for this built into the OS, or does vmware do some magic to automatically select the correct options?
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In summary, create a new virtual machine, choose to install the operating system later option, and configure the virtual machine specs as you'd typically do. Once done, edit virtual machine settings, add your iso under media, save the setting and start the virtual machine to avoid the easy install.
The .bundle files for VMware Player, Workstation, and other products are actually shell scripts, with embedded binary data.
VMware Workstation has multiple licensing options depending on your use case. Workstation Player is available free for personal, non-commercial use, but requires a license for commercial use.
The support is built into the OS. For example, in the case of Windows guests, VMware generates a floppy disk image containing a txtsetup.oem and some other files used for Windows' unattended-installation feature.
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