3d multiplayer style nametags above character, How?

Unity Engine
1

Ive searched for a long while on multiple forums and all I find are the 2d style name tags which don’t behave as I would expect.

Im looking for mmo style nametags/titles that appear above the character in 3d space.

Can someone point me in the right direction?

here is the 2d script Im currently using…

var target : Transform;  // Object that this label should follow

var offset = Vector3.up;    // Units in world space to offset; 1 unit above object by default
var clampToScreen = false;  // If true, label will be visible even if object is off screen
var clampBorderSize = .05;  // How much viewport space to leave at the borders when a label is being clamped
var useMainCamera = true;   // Use the camera tagged MainCamera
var cameraToUse : Camera;   // Only use this if useMainCamera is false
private var cam : Camera;
private var thisTransform : Transform;
private var camTransform : Transform;

function Start () {
    thisTransform = transform;
    if (useMainCamera)
        cam = Camera.main;
    else
        cam = cameraToUse;
    camTransform = cam.transform;
}

function Update () {
    if (clampToScreen) {
        var relativePosition = camTransform.InverseTransformPoint(target.position);
        relativePosition.z = Mathf.Max(relativePosition.z, 1.0);
        thisTransform.position = cam.WorldToViewportPoint(camTransform.TransformPoint(relativePosition + offset));
        thisTransform.position = Vector3(Mathf.Clamp(thisTransform.position.x, clampBorderSize, 1.0-clampBorderSize),
                                         Mathf.Clamp(thisTransform.position.y, clampBorderSize, 1.0-clampBorderSize),
                                         thisTransform.position.z);
    }
    else {
        thisTransform.position = cam.WorldToViewportPoint(target.position + offset);
    }
}
2

Solved: added a text mesh object as a child of my character and positioned/styled it…
added the following camera facing billboard script to the text mesh:

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class CameraFacingBillboard : MonoBehaviour
{
    public Camera m_Camera;

    void Update()
    {
        transform.LookAt(transform.position + m_Camera.transform.rotation * Vector3.forward,
            m_Camera.transform.rotation * Vector3.up);
    }
}

seems to work well for now.