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This paper is designed to investigate that the sound environment enlarged tactile sense through the game media impacts positively on the human body, cognition, and emotions, focused on two cases: elementary students' music appreciation lessons and elderly patients' music therapy. Learners using smart-device-based rhythm action games showed a rise of learning flow, learning satisfaction and learning assessment, and also music game had a positive effect on the treatment of the depression and self-esteem for elderly patients in nursing hospital. These results are because smart devices based music game provides the users environments which artificially extend human senses, give tactile and visual stimuli as well as auditory, and encourage behavior of touching interface in rhythm. In conclusion, we examine that game creates sensus communis immersive environment which effectively contributes to learning of students and psychological treatment of elderly people.