Prospect gave a lot of AEC teams their first real VR design review. It shut down on September 30, 2026. You have until November 14 to save your issues and screenshots. After that, your Prospect data is gone for good.

If your team used Prospect throughout your coordination process the Resolve team is here to help you make sure your workflows go uninterrupted.

The history of IrisVR and Prospect

IrisVR launched in 2014 and built Prospect into one of the leading VR design-review tools in AEC. Resolve’s founders, Angel Say and Russell Varriale, spent years building in the same category as IrisVR’s Shane Scranton and Nate Beatty.

As two New York-based teams chasing a similar vision, there was plenty of friendly competition and, most importantly, a shared belief that VR could change how design and construction teams review their work.

The Resolve team has always enjoyed the friendly competition with IrisVR and appreciated having another team pushing the category forward alongside us. Prospect's end is not the end of VR for AECO.

Migration plan for Prospect, step by step

Treat migration as a project with an owner and a deadline. If you've used Prospect on a current project, the deadline to pay attention to now is November 14. With Resolve's integrations, setup takes less than an hour.

1. Inventory what depends on Prospect

If you have any active projects that used Prospect, create a list of the people trained on it, and the systems your Prospect issues and annotations feed into.

2. Get your data out

Back up your issues and screenshots per Autodesk's documentation. If you've synced issues to Autodesk Forma, they come into Resolve automatically. Models can't be directly extracted, since Prospect applies a proprietary format on upload. Resolve ingests Revit, Navisworks, and anything viewable on Forma.

3. Consider hardware upgrades

Prospect ran on tethered headsets and dedicated PCs. A wireless headset like the Meta Quest 3 removes that hardware dependency and lowers the barrier for new users. It's much easier to use VR today than it was in 2016.

Meta also announced its new VR Glasses, coming in Spring 2027, which could offer a substantial upgrade if you have time to wait for major VR evaluations.

4. Evaluate replacements on stability, not just features

• Is BIM review the core product, or one feature in a larger catalog that could get cut?
• Is there an active team still shipping updates?
• Can you export your data again if you ever need to leave?
• Does the workflow span more than a headset, so one platform issue can't strand your team?
• Does it integrate with your existing cloud workflows?
• Can it handle your model types without hours of manual prep?

Resolve as a Prospect replacement

IrisVR built Prospect around tethered PCs driving the headset. Resolve made the opposite bet: a proprietary rendering engine built for standalone headsets from day one so that anyone could get started with VR. That's why full federated models run on a wireless Quest today, with no file trimming and no workstation to manage.

Resolve was also first to connect VR to Autodesk BIM 360, now Forma, so that multiple stakeholders could easily get inside the same model at once. And since then Resolve's support for industry workflows has expanded: data from Autodesk, Procore, Revizto, and Newforma all flows in and out without manual workarounds.

If you're migrating from IrisVR Prospect to Resolve you'll find that Resolve expands the set of functionality your teams are already used to.

Keep your VR reviews running

Prospect is gone, but your project data isn't, yet. Export what you need before November 14.

Now it's time to get your team back in the model. Resolve connects to Autodesk Forma, Procore, Revizto, and Newforma, so models and issues come in without manual prep. Your BIM team reviews on a wireless Quest, and in the future, Meta VR Glasses. Superintendents and trade partners review on web and iPad. Everyone works from the same model and the same issues.

VR design review didn't end with Prospect. With Resolve, it got easier to run.

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