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term: carry
category: spatial
status: canonical
authority: world.elonn.local
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Carry

Objects anchored to a member and carried with them through the world. The carry layer is personal and persistent — it moves with the member, not with the field.

Allowed:
- carry layer
- carry object
- carry surface
- carry panel (a panel rendered inside a carry object)

Forbidden:
- toolbar
- dock
- HUD (heads-up display)
- inventory
- sidebar
- tray

Notes:
- Carry is the primary user-following region in the runtime. The carry region contains decks and surfaces that persist across spatial movement.
- Carry objects have anchor_mode = 'carry' in the layout.
- A carry surface may expose content_source.kind = runtime_panel with a content_source.url that the runtime loads as a panel.
- Contrast with field: field objects are spatial and shared; carry objects are personal.
- Do not call the social carry object a "social widget" or "social sidebar." It is the social carry object or social panel.

Related:
- field
- anchor
- panel
- world
- layout