Swinging back around to share how I created this magic portal like effect within a VJ loop.. hoping that this is easy to follow but if you have any questions feel free to let me know in the comments and I'll get to clearing things up for you. (or join the discord / discord )
Important mentions:
Have the Node Wrangler add-on enabled.
Timestamps:
00:00 - intro
00:05 - start of the tutorial
02:00 - mirroring trick
02:58 - camera animation
04:41 - how to duplicate the loops
05:24 - materials and lighting
06:06 - adding lights
09:36 - lights following camera.
10:21 - bonus / rendering settings