 In 2018, it was reported that Rober had been secretly working on virtual reality projects for Apple Inc., including the company's on-board entertainment for self-driving cars, for which Rober authored two virtual reality-related patents.Rober had been working for Apple since 2015, spending four years as a product designer in the special projects group, however had left his position by the beginning of 2020.In 2020, Rober will star in a Discovery Channel hidden-camera show alongside Jimmy Kimmel.