diff --git a/examples/js/renderers/Projector.js b/examples/js/renderers/Projector.js
index c05f56bc358927a682322a55f31d169c095b4e4f..6b1cb820e7f60ecdfd632f69779e2afaf77485d4 100644
--- a/examples/js/renderers/Projector.js
+++ b/examples/js/renderers/Projector.js
@@ -339,32 +339,40 @@ THREE.Projector = function () {
 		_renderData.objects.length = 0;
 		_renderData.lights.length = 0;
 
+		function addObject( object ) {
+
+			_object = getNextObjectInPool();
+			_object.id = object.id;
+			_object.object = object;
+
+			_vector3.setFromMatrixPosition( object.matrixWorld );
+			_vector3.applyProjection( _viewProjectionMatrix );
+			_object.z = _vector3.z;
+			_object.renderOrder = object.renderOrder;
+
+			_renderData.objects.push( _object );
+
+		}
+
 		scene.traverseVisible( function ( object ) {
 
 			if ( object instanceof THREE.Light ) {
 
 				_renderData.lights.push( object );
 
-			} else if ( object instanceof THREE.Mesh || object instanceof THREE.Line || object instanceof THREE.Sprite ) {
-
-				var material = object.material;
-
-				if ( material.visible === false ) return;
+			} else if ( object instanceof THREE.Mesh || object instanceof THREE.Line ) {
 
-				if ( object.frustumCulled === false || _frustum.intersectsObject( object ) === true ) {
+				if ( object.material.visible === false ) return;
+				if ( object.frustumCulled === true && _frustum.intersectsObject( object ) === false ) return;
 
-					_object = getNextObjectInPool();
-					_object.id = object.id;
-					_object.object = object;
+				addObject( object );
 
-					_vector3.setFromMatrixPosition( object.matrixWorld );
-					_vector3.applyProjection( _viewProjectionMatrix );
-					_object.z = _vector3.z;
-					_object.renderOrder = object.renderOrder;
+			} else if ( object instanceof THREE.Sprite ) {
 
-					_renderData.objects.push( _object );
+				if ( object.material.visible === false ) return;
+				if ( object.frustumCulled === true && _frustum.intersectsSprite( object ) === false ) return;
 
-				}
+				addObject( object );
 
 			}
 
diff --git a/src/math/Frustum.js b/src/math/Frustum.js
index baa3863f3b27bd1109ce590f57a2fbbc2bdc22b9..1cbce89739f27ebb3b45aaa01e44b8f26610feaa 100644
--- a/src/math/Frustum.js
+++ b/src/math/Frustum.js
@@ -86,10 +86,27 @@ THREE.Frustum.prototype = {
 
 			var geometry = object.geometry;
 
-			if ( geometry.boundingSphere === null ) geometry.computeBoundingSphere();
+			if ( geometry.boundingSphere === null )
+				geometry.computeBoundingSphere();
 
-			sphere.copy( geometry.boundingSphere );
-			sphere.applyMatrix4( object.matrixWorld );
+			sphere.copy( geometry.boundingSphere )
+				.applyMatrix4( object.matrixWorld );
+
+			return this.intersectsSphere( sphere );
+
+		};
+
+	}(),
+
+	intersectsSprite: function () {
+
+		var sphere = new THREE.Sphere();
+
+		return function ( sprite ) {
+
+			sphere.center.set( 0, 0, 0 );
+			sphere.radius = 0.7071067811865476;
+			sphere.applyMatrix4( sprite.matrixWorld );
 
 			return this.intersectsSphere( sphere );
 
diff --git a/src/objects/Sprite.js b/src/objects/Sprite.js
index ae6edc2c92d8049016e9f2e8ccd5c6c2495b135e..fcc1cc6c8f2723da629cc151cf07b6f6164528c6 100644
--- a/src/objects/Sprite.js
+++ b/src/objects/Sprite.js
@@ -3,29 +3,15 @@
  * @author alteredq / http://alteredqualia.com/
  */
 
-THREE.Sprite = ( function () {
+THREE.Sprite = function ( material ) {
 
-	var indices = new Uint16Array( [ 0, 1, 2,  0, 2, 3 ] );
-	var vertices = new Float32Array( [ - 0.5, - 0.5, 0,   0.5, - 0.5, 0,   0.5, 0.5, 0,   - 0.5, 0.5, 0 ] );
-	var uvs = new Float32Array( [ 0, 0,   1, 0,   1, 1,   0, 1 ] );
+	THREE.Object3D.call( this );
 
-	var geometry = new THREE.BufferGeometry();
-	geometry.setIndex( new THREE.BufferAttribute( indices, 1 ) );
-	geometry.addAttribute( 'position', new THREE.BufferAttribute( vertices, 3 ) );
-	geometry.addAttribute( 'uv', new THREE.BufferAttribute( uvs, 2 ) );
+	this.type = 'Sprite';
 
-	return function Sprite( material ) {
+	this.material = ( material !== undefined ) ? material : new THREE.SpriteMaterial();
 
-		THREE.Object3D.call( this );
-
-		this.type = 'Sprite';
-
-		this.geometry = geometry;
-		this.material = ( material !== undefined ) ? material : new THREE.SpriteMaterial();
-
-	};
-
-} )();
+};
 
 THREE.Sprite.prototype = Object.create( THREE.Object3D.prototype );
 THREE.Sprite.prototype.constructor = THREE.Sprite;
diff --git a/src/renderers/WebGLRenderer.js b/src/renderers/WebGLRenderer.js
index b938b10606892c320e95cfa87ddb5d71e302b5f9..30b41c27d41815719c09fda3f3d3cb499dacc2a1 100644
--- a/src/renderers/WebGLRenderer.js
+++ b/src/renderers/WebGLRenderer.js
@@ -1356,6 +1356,8 @@ THREE.WebGLRenderer = function ( parameters ) {
 
 	}
 
+	// TODO Duplicated code (Frustum)
+
 	function isObjectViewable( object ) {
 
 		var geometry = object.geometry;
@@ -1363,9 +1365,24 @@ THREE.WebGLRenderer = function ( parameters ) {
 		if ( geometry.boundingSphere === null )
 			geometry.computeBoundingSphere();
 
-		var sphere = _sphere.
-				copy( geometry.boundingSphere ).
-				applyMatrix4( object.matrixWorld );
+		_sphere.copy( geometry.boundingSphere ).
+			applyMatrix4( object.matrixWorld );
+
+		return isSphereViewable( _sphere );
+
+	}
+
+	function isSpriteViewable( sprite ) {
+
+		_sphere.center.set( 0, 0, 0 );
+		_sphere.radius = 0.7071067811865476;
+		_sphere.applyMatrix4( sprite.matrixWorld );
+
+		return isSphereViewable( _sphere );
+
+	}
+
+	function isSphereViewable( sphere ) {
 
 		if ( ! _frustum.intersectsSphere( sphere ) ) return false;
 
@@ -1402,7 +1419,7 @@ THREE.WebGLRenderer = function ( parameters ) {
 
 			} else if ( object instanceof THREE.Sprite ) {
 
-				if ( object.frustumCulled === false || isObjectViewable( object ) === true ) {
+				if ( object.frustumCulled === false || isSpriteViewable( object ) === true ) {
 
 					sprites.push( object );