Nvidia’s GeForce Now video game streaming service, previously exclusive to its own Android-based Shield devices, is coming to PC and Mac. Announcing the imminent launch of the service on stage during Nvidia’s CES press conference, CEO Jen-Hsun Huang demonstrated its capabilities, using it to play the graphically intensive Rise of the Tomb Raider on an iMac — something the machine would normally not be capable of.

Huang described the service as “basically a GeForce gaming PC on demand,” and said that it was designed for people who didn’t have access to a gaming PC, didn’t have the inclination to build one, or for those who game infrequently.

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