So is the user supposed to display a QR code on their phone and scan it with their desktop computer?

[zkhalapyan]

There are not a lot of examples, but here is one. The best I can understand this is that someone is display a QR code on their phone so that they can scan with their desktop?

[chadyj]

The most common mobile use case is using mobile linking https://docs.walletconnect.com/mobile-linking

However, WalletConnect also supports multi-devices, so you could show the QR on one device, and scan with another.