voodoojs 3d text object issue

gistfile1.txt

iView = voodoo.View.extend({
  load: function() {
    /*
    TODO: Create your THREE.js objects here and 
    add them to the scene.
    */

    this.geometry = new THREE.OctahedronGeometry(200, 2);
    this.material = new THREE.MeshBasicMaterial({
      wireframe: true
    });
    this.textMaterial = new THREE.MeshNormalMaterial({
      color: 0xFF0000
    });
    this.textGeom = new THREE.TextGeometry("3D Text", {
      size: 100,
      font: "helvetiker"
    });
/* errors occur when the text object is added to scene
    this.text = new THREE.Mesh(this.textGeometry, this.material);
    this.text.position.set(-250, 300, -500);

*/
    this.octagon = new THREE.Mesh(this.geometry, this.material);
    this.octagon.doubleSided = true;
    this.octagon.position.set(500, 500, -30);
    this.octagon.rotation.y = Math.PI / 2;
    /*
    Add the octagon to the scene. 
    this.scene is a property provided by View.
    */

    this.scene.add(this.octagon);
    this.scene.add(this.text);
    return this.speed = 5;
  },
  unload: function() {
    this.scene.remove(this.octagon);
    return this.scene.remove(this.text);
    /* 
    Here we define a couple functions that the model will call.
    */

  },
  setColor: function(color) {
    return this.material.color.copy(voodoo.utility.convertCssColorToThreeJsColor(color));
  },
  move: function(deltaTime) {
    this.octagon.position.x += deltaTime * Session.get('x');
    if (this.octagon.position.x > 800) {
      this.speed = -Math.abs(this.speed);
      return this.octagon.position.x = 800;
    } else if (this.octagon.position.x < 0) {
      this.speed = Math.abs(this.speed);
      return this.octagon.position.x = 0;
    }
  },
  rotate: function(amount) {
    return this.octagon.rotation.x += 0.001;
  }
});