About the Authors

Murielle G. Kluge

Contributed equally to this work with: Murielle G. Kluge, Steven Maltby

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Centre for Advanced Training Systems, Faculty of Health & Medicine, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia, School of Biomedical Sciences & Pharmacy, Faculty of Health & Medicine, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia

Steven Maltby

Contributed equally to this work with: Murielle G. Kluge, Steven Maltby

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Centre for Advanced Training Systems, Faculty of Health & Medicine, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia, School of Biomedical Sciences & Pharmacy, Faculty of Health & Medicine, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia

Nicole Walker

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Army School of Health, Latchford Barracks, Bonegilla, VIC, Australia

Neanne Bennett

Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Defence, Canberra, ACT, Australia

Eugene Aidman

Roles Funding acquisition, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations School of Biomedical Sciences & Pharmacy, Faculty of Health & Medicine, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia, Land Division, Defence Science & Technology Group, Edinburgh, SA, Australia, School of Psychology, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Eugene Nalivaiko

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors are senior authors on this work.

Affiliations Centre for Advanced Training Systems, Faculty of Health & Medicine, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia, School of Biomedical Sciences & Pharmacy, Faculty of Health & Medicine, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia

Frederick Rohan Walker

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

rohan.walker@newcastle.edu.au

‡ These authors are senior authors on this work.

Affiliations Centre for Advanced Training Systems, Faculty of Health & Medicine, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia, School of Biomedical Sciences & Pharmacy, Faculty of Health & Medicine, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia

Competing Interests

All authors were involved in the development of the Performance Edge VR application. Intellectual property relating to the application is owned by The University of Newcastle. The Australian Defence Innovation Hub provided funding for application development and retains rights for its future use. This does not alter our adherence to PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.