A method for delivering 3D depth data, the method comprising: accessing an input image data and input depth data associated with the input image data, the input image data and the input depth data having the same original height and the same original width corresponding to a 1080 x 1920 resolution; generating an image data partition in a first orientation in response to the input image data, wherein generating the image data partition comprises down-sampling the input image data across a horizontal direction by scaling to 3⁄4 of the original width; generating a depth map data partition, wherein the depth map data partition has a different size than the image data partition and comprises exactly three depth map segments generated in response to the input depth data; multiplexing the image data partition and the depth map data partition to form a multiplexed output picture that has a height and a width equal to the original height and original width, respectively; and encoding, using an encoder, the multiplexed output picture to generate a coded bitstream to be transmitted to a decoder, wherein generating the depth map data partition comprises: downscaling the input depth data by a factor two in both the horizontal direction and a vertical direction to generate a scaled depth map; and completely filling the depth map partition with the scaled depth map by: segmenting the scaled depth map to generate the three depth map segments, comprising a first depth map segment corresponding to a top part of the scaled depth map and having a height of 1⁄4 of the original width, and a second and third depth map segment that correspond to a remaining bottom portion of the scaled depth map and both having a width of 1⁄4 of the original width; rotating only the first depth map segment with respect to the first orientation to generate a rotated depth map segment; and multiplexing the rotated first depth map segment and the second and third depth map segments to form the depth map data partition by stacking the rotated first depth map segment on top of the second and third segments. accessing an input image data and input depth data associated with the input image data, the input image data and the input depth data having the same original height and the same original width corresponding to a 1080 x 1920 resolution; generating an image data partition in a first orientation in response to the input image data, wherein generating the image data partition comprises down-sampling the input image data across a horizontal direction by scaling to 3⁄4 of the original width; generating a depth map data partition, wherein the depth map data partition has a different size than the image data partition and comprises exactly three depth map segments generated in response to the input depth data; multiplexing the image data partition and the depth map data partition to form a multiplexed output picture that has a height and a width equal to the original height and original width, respectively; and encoding, using an encoder, the multiplexed output picture to generate a coded bitstream to be transmitted to a decoder, downscaling the input depth data by a factor two in both the horizontal direction and a vertical direction to generate a scaled depth map; and completely filling the depth map partition with the scaled depth map by: segmenting the scaled depth map to generate the three depth map segments, comprising a first depth map segment corresponding to a top part of the scaled depth map and having a height of 1⁄4 of the original width, and a second and third depth map segment that correspond to a remaining bottom portion of the scaled depth map and both having a width of 1⁄4 of the original width; rotating only the first depth map segment with respect to the first orientation to generate a rotated depth map segment; and multiplexing the rotated first depth map segment and the second and third depth map segments to form the depth map data partition by stacking the rotated first depth map segment on top of the second and third segments. segmenting the scaled depth map to generate the three depth map segments, comprising a first depth map segment corresponding to a top part of the scaled depth map and having a height of 1⁄4 of the original width, and a second and third depth map segment that correspond to a remaining bottom portion of the scaled depth map and both having a width of 1⁄4 of the original width; rotating only the first depth map segment with respect to the first orientation to generate a rotated depth map segment; and multiplexing the rotated first depth map segment and the second and third depth map segments to form the depth map data partition by stacking the rotated first depth map segment on top of the second and third segments.