In 2012 I proposed using aes(time=variable) to define an animated ggplot. This package provided the gganim function that takes a ggplot and makes an animation.

A more recent implementation of this idea is provided by https://github.com/dgrtwo/gganimate

However, the only interactions possible in gganim/gganimate graphics are going forward or backward in time. If you want to create a data visualization which is animated and interactive with respect to other variables, you should consider using https://github.com/tdhock/animint.