I finally got around to writing up my previous efforts as a R package. You can find it on CRAN right here: https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=barplot3d

It even includes a convenient function to create “legoplots” of sequence context if that’s something you want to do. As it says in the vignette that goes with the package: One must be careful when using 3D plots of any kind. It is trivial to make them cool and misleading. I hope this package and vignette enables the former and deters the latter. Good luck.

install.packages("barplot3d")
library(barplot3d)

## Make a pretty 3D barplot with more advanced features
inputdata=round(rnorm(15,10,3))
barplot3d(rows=3,cols=5,z=inputdata,scalexy=5,alpha=0.4,theta=30,phi=50,
          topcolors=rainbow(15),xlabels = 1:5,ylabels=LETTERS[1:3],
          xsub="Numbers",ysub="Letters",zsub="Count")