QText2DEntity - how to print text in Qt3D?

Hello,

I want to use Qt3D to do a 3D graph visualizer. I'm at the very beginning, studying if Qt3D could be a good option for me.

Among other, I want to print the names of the nodes in the 3D view (next to the nodes). These names should always face the camera, even if the camera moves. I have the feeling that Qt3DExtras::QText2DEntity is the class I should use. Unfortunately, its documentation is very succinct, and I can't find better example than what is shown here: https://blog.qt.io/blog/2017/05/24/qt3d/ (scroll to "Text Support").
I don't think I want to use the other mentioned text class (QExtrudedText...) as I don't want 3D text.

I tried this in C++:

Code:

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auto *text2d = new Qt3DExtras::QText2DEntity(_rootEntity);
text2d->setText("LOL!!!");
text2d->setHeight(3);
text2d->setWidth(3);
text2d->setColor(Qt::green);
text2d->setFont(QFont("Courier New", 10));

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Unfortunately, nothing appears. From this video, it seems that the QText2DEntity class embed a mesh and a material, so I'm not supposed to add it (?): https://youtu.be/YP8alTWV_BI?t=17m38s

I also tried in QML, even if I want a C++ solution in the end (just to test). I changed the "simple-qml" example from Qt3D to this:

Code:

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import QtQuick 2.2 as QQ2
import Qt3D.Core 2.0
import Qt3D.Render 2.0
import Qt3D.Input 2.0
import Qt3D.Extras 2.9
 
Entity {
    id: sceneRoot
 
    Camera {
        id: camera
        projectionType: CameraLens.PerspectiveProjection
        fieldOfView: 45
        aspectRatio: 16/9
        nearPlane : 0.1
        farPlane : 1000.0
        position: Qt.vector3d( 0.0, 0.0, -40.0 )
        upVector: Qt.vector3d( 0.0, 1.0, 0.0 )
        viewCenter: Qt.vector3d( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0 )
    }
 
    OrbitCameraController {
        camera: camera
    }
 
    components: [
        RenderSettings {
            activeFrameGraph: ForwardRenderer {
                clearColor: Qt.rgba(0, 0.5, 1, 1)
                camera: camera
            }
        },
        // Event Source will be set by the Qt3DQuickWindow
        InputSettings { }
    ]
 
    Text2DEntity {
        id: text
        text: "Hello World"
        width: 20
        height: 10
        color: Qt.red
    }
}

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But I have the same problem: nothing appears...

What am I doing wrong? Do you have any inputs on this class?
Thanks for any help :D