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The proposed packing schemes offer 6K and 8K effective resolution at the viewport. Using our proposed test methodology, experimental results indicate that the proposed layouts significantly decrease streaming bitrates when compared to mixed-quality viewport-adaptive streaming of 4K ERP. 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